Act Now Foundation Presents: American Candy: Welcome to the 80's!!! January 14th and 15th, 2010
Yes, our newest venture, our biggest show yet! And we welcome you to enjoy the 80's!!:))
With the help of ActNow Foundation, New Jill TV, Pretty Smart Films and Hyperion Theatre Company, AMERICAN
CANDY is starting off the year with a juicy and very zany, flashback sketch comedy show :)
Crackalicious sketches.... Naughty Songs.... Crazy dance!!!
We're playing for 2 nights, YES 2 nights!!
Thursday JAN 14th @ 8PM & Friday JAN 15th @ 8PM
All tickets are $15.00 with an OPEN BAR, YES AN OPEN BAR!!!! Group and student rates are available. Contact us @ 347-274-0563
Tickets are available at the door and in advance at: http://americancandy.eventbrite.com @ The Irondale Center 85 South Oxford Steet Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Take the C Train to Lafayette, the G to Fulton,
or, the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, Q, N, R, or LIRR to Atlantic Ave./ Pacific St. More Info @ 347-274-0563
Irondale Theater, 85 South Oxford Street – Brooklyn NY www.irondale.org
ActNow Foundation Presents: Sweat Play Reading Series On June (Sat) 27th, 2009 & June (Sun) 28th, 2009 At South Oxford Space
138 South Oxford Street Brooklyn NY 11217 (bet Hanson Pl & Atlantic) Admission: Free
Produced By Aaron Ingram
ActNow Foundation inaugurated its “New Play Reading” series “Sweat”.
Our goal is to provide a forum for Black & Latino playwrights to have their works heard before a live audience. Designed to focus on the plays themselves each script will be read by a group of actors in “staged reading” format, with an open invitation to all who want to simply attend to hear the play read aloud, or participate in a discussion of the work afterwards with the author and cast.
For the new play it's a very important part of the creative process for the playwright to hear the characters come to life and allow for adjustments, rewrites, and fine-tuning.
Y E L L O W - T U L I P S By Lina Gallegos
(A grief-stricken mother, armed for vengeance, confronts the person who murders her son.)
Featuring Vance Clemente & China L. Colston
Directed By Aaron Ingram
Black History Month Special
ActNow Foundation Monorail Monologue Jam
Presents:
What's Next
A candid collection of theatrical monologues on the African American experience from it’s past, present, & future. Performed by New York City's newest, up and coming actors and writers.
February 27th & 28th, 2009 (Fri & Sat) 138 South Oxford Street,
Fort Greene Brooklyn NY
Between Atlantic Avenue & Hanson Place
ActNow & Culture Project One Night Theatre Presentation:
EXPATRIATE by Lenelle Moïse Wednesday July 9th, 2008
At: Culture Project 55 Mercer Street (Between Grand & Broome)
http://www.cultureproject.org/
After the performance there will be a theatre talk back with the stars of the show plus the writer of Act Now’s next play production, “Retrospect For Life “ by Dominique Morisseau Retrospect For Life touch upon five African American women, irritated by each other’s differences, are forced to endure each other indefinitely in abortion Clinic.
Wine & Cheese Reception & 7pm
Show-time 8pm
Claudie and Alphineare sophisticated and sexy African-American performing artists and longtime sister-friends. Disillusioned by grief, homophobia, and “the black glass ceiling,“ they flee to Europe to heal and realize their starved American dreams. In Paris, they support themselves singing and dancing on the street and quickly rise to infamy and fortune. But as Claudie and Alphine soon discover, for some Black artists living abroad, stardom comes at a steep price.
EXPATRIATE is an engaging exploration of black womanhood, friendship, sexuality, and freedom, celebrating characters in the spirit of Nina Simone, Josephine Baker, and the Hottentot Venus. With only a JamMan loop machine at their feet, real-life rising stars Lenelle Moïse and Karla Mosley make intricate, haunting and stirring music as they weave the story of singing group Black Venus's rise to fame.
Directed by Tamilla Woodard.
Choreography by Nicco Annan.
Friday June 20th, 2008
ActNow in association with BlackVisionNetwork.com
Present:
SELF-PORTRAIT
A One-Man One-Act Play By IYABA IBO MANDINGO
138 South Oxford Street Brooklyn NY
(Bet Hanson Pl & Atlantic Ave)
Self-Portrait tells the story of a modern day Griot’s life in poetry,prose and paint.
You’ll be swept into the world of this revolutionary performer as he translates his own personal journey and evolution.
As a father, son, artist, American immigrant and Black man into words, music and on canvas .
Directions:
BY SUBWAY
C train to the Lafayette Ave. station in Brooklyn. Take the South Oxford St./Hanson Place exit. We are at 138 South Oxford Street, near the corner of Hanson Place.
2, 3, 4, 5, B , Q, or LIRR to Atlantic Avenue station in Brooklyn or the D, M, N, or R trains to Pacific Street. Exit the station at BAM/Hanson Place. Walk with traffic up Hanson Place five blocks. Turn right on South Oxford Street. We are on the first block on the right.
G Train to Fulton Street. Walk 3 blocks up Fulton Street to South Oxford Street. Turn right on South Oxford. Cross Hanson Place. We are located on that block.
EPSILON CHAPTER OMEGAS TEAM UP WITH ACT NOW FOUNDATION TO CELEBRATE WOMEN’S MONTH
Friday March 21st, 2008 at 7pm
At 138 South Oxford Street (Bet Atlantic & Hanson Pl) Brooklyn NY
ActNow Foundation & Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.,will present their annual Women’s Day Program in celebration of National Women’s History Month. This year’s theme is “Supporting Our Sisters:Building Stronger Minds and Living Healthier Lives”. The program will feature self-help guru Sil Lai Abrams, author of No More Drama: Nine Simple Steps to Transforming a Breakdown Into a Breakthrough. Ms. Abrams is a noted authority in the field of self-improvement and also serves as Men’s Fitness magazine’s resident relationship expert. In her presentation she will share how she was able to overcome a lifetime of drama, including being a victim of domestic violence, by using the nine spiritual principles outlined in her book.
The program will also feature actress, poet and playwright Dominique Morisseau performing selections from her various works and a discussion of the debut of her latest work, “Retrospect for Life”. Ms. Morisseau’s latest piece touches upon five African American women who are forced to endure each other indefinitely in an unexpected situation. Irritated by their differences, they discover each other’s guarded secrets and confront their own life choices during their unwanted time spent together.
Jill W. Dingle, Associate Director of Primary Care Section for the New York State Department of Health - AIDS Institute (AI) will be recognized with the Lottie B. Wilson award in recognition of her many years of work in chronicling the impact of domestic violence and AIDS/HIV in urban communities. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. was founded in 1911 on the campus of Howard University and sponsors a variety of cultural and social events with the overall goal of education and empowerment throughout urban communities. ActNow Foundation is a Brooklyn based theatre & film organization, which focuses on the minority experience in the United States.
Donation: $20.00
Open wine & cosmopolitan plus light food
A Portion of the proceeds will go towards the play production of “Retrospect Of Life”.
ANF First Word Reading Series Presents:
A Stage Reading of: Retrospect For Life by Dominique Françoise Morisseau
Tuesday November 13th 2007
Five women, irritated by each other’s differences, wait in a post-abortion room to be released from a clinic. When an unexpected protest arises, the women are forced to endure each other indefinitely. During their unwanted time together, they discover each other’s guarded secrets and confront their own life choices. As the protest escalates into a dangerously violent riot, the women battle with their decisions and their personal prejudices against each other, and struggle to survive in the face of their opposition.
At The South Oxford Space- Great Room
Location: 138 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn NY (Bet. Hanson Pl. & Atlantic Avenue)
Monorail Jam
Love, Sex & Relationships
Directed by Bill Johnson
Dec. 7th, 8th, 9th 2006 – 8 pm
BRIC Studio -57 Rockwell Place, Brooklyn, NY
(Btw Dekalb Ave & Fulton St.)
Featuring: Reginald L. Barnes, Kyle Brown, Maisha Azadi Davis, Laurel Devancy, Emillan Duran, Zaria Griffin, Ebony Harmon, Kenya Heyliger, Diana Schatz, Jay Ward, Toi Williams, Zook
Also showing the Art of Nate
Monorail Jam
Obsessions
a collection of candid monologues written and performed by New York City's newest , up and coming actors and writers. This is an uninhibited look at the real lives of New Yorkers and the manic fixations that motivates them.
Directed by Peter Ratray
August 11th, 12th & 13th 2006 – 8 pm
BRIC Studio -647 Rockwell Place, Brooklyn, NY
(Btw Dekalb Ave & Fulton St.)
Featuring: Brianne Berksone, Keith Arthur Bolden, Lissette Espoillat, Rodd Garr, Leslie Jones, Peter Kidd, NIcholas Linnehan, Adepero Oduye, Ernest Perry, Will Rivera, Adam Scarinbolo, Toi Williams, Felicia Wilson
2nd Monorail Monologue Jam
Celebrating the Trials and Triumphs of the African Diaspora.
eet (Between Grand & Broome)
