Nina Simone & Hip-Hop Created and Produced by Valerie Stephens August 21 & 22 at 8PM Presented by Central Square Theater
Nina Simone earned her title of the High Priestess of Soul with songs spanning jazz, folk, R&B and gospel. A civil rights activist, she said “An artist’s duty is to reflect the times.” And today, she is one of the most sampled artists in hip-hop. The Project Artists’ Ensemble includes Valerie Stephens (vocals), Art Collins (spoken word), Yuki Monolog Kanesaka (keyboards, turntable beats), Zayra Pola Ocasio (drums), and Daniel Day (bass).
Front Porch@Starlight
Directed by Maurice Emmanuel Parent
David Freeman Coleman, Music Director
September 3 to 6, and October 3, 2020 at 7:30PM The Front Porch Arts Collective presented by Central Square Theater
Five evenings of cabaret – each night featuring a different artist from The Front Porch, Boston’s newest Black theater company. Song stylings range from contemporary to musical theater, featuring highlights from Front Porch past productions and sneak peeks from future shows (including Ain’t Misbehavin’ at Central Square Theater)!
Thursday 9/3 – Carolyn Saxon: Songs I Might Have Missed
Friday 9/4 – Dwayne P. Mitchell : PHOENIX: Still I Rise.
Saturday 9/5 – Davron S. Monroe
Sunday 9/6 – Sheree Dunwell: Passing By | Moving Forward
Sunday 9/6 – Cheryl D. Singleton
Saturday 10/3 – Dwayne P. Mitchell : PHOENIX: Still I Rise.
Judy Punches Back
written, directed, and performed by Sarah Nolen, Puppet Showplace Theater
August 13 & August 14 at at 8PM at Starlight Square Puppet Showplace Theater presented by Central Square Theater
After being pushed around for over 400 years, the famous hand puppet heroine Judy has had enough! Cheer her on as she goes on a quest for respect, justice, and a well-deserved nap. Puppeteer Sarah Nolen delivers an astonishing one-woman performance in this modern feminist interpretation of the traditional “Punch and Judy” puppet show. Audiences young and old will laugh, cry, yell, and gasp in response to this highly-interactive, hilarious, hand-crafted farce.
On April 21, we had hoped to gather with you for our Spring Gala to celebrate Central Square Theater and YOU. While our stages must be dark during this unsettling time, we continue to create theater and education programming that will change our perspectives, and move us to action — now and through the coming year.
Join us everyday through Sunday for new performances with guest appearances, songs to make you joyful and programs to inspire you. There is much to do. And, with your help – we can do it.
The Spring Gala Host Committee will match all donations up to $50,000. Make a Donation!
Bid in our Online Auction!
Exciting experiences await you – Bid early and often! View the Catalog.
We’re Here All Week!
Every day there will be a new performance or event online:
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Tuesday, April 21| Greetings!
Wednesday, April 22| Celebrate Science on Stage
Thursday, April 23| Act Up and Vote! with Youth Underground
Friday, April 24| Playwrights and New Work
Saturday, April 25| 2020-21 Season Celebration
Sunday, April 26| Join us for a series of LIVE Facebook events featuring fun Live Auction performances and fun.
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1830. Britain’s Industrial Revolution has dawned. The fiery, brilliant Ada Byron Lovelace, is the author of the first computer program and daughter of Lord Byron (yes, that Lord Byron). At 17 she befriends Charles Babbage, salon host and inventor of the first mechanical computer. What follows is a tempestuous collaboration wherein they envision a future where a “thinking engine” completes complex calculations. Filled with the music of Ada’s imagination, Lauren Gunderson’s (Emilie La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight, The Half-Life of Marie Curie) play is what the Cincinnati Enquirer calls “inspiring and absorbing”.
Ada and the Engine is The Brit d’Arbeloff Women in Science Production.
A Catalyst Collaborative@MIT Production.
The Artists of Nina Simone & Hip Hop
Sarah Nolen with puppets
