Wisconsin Cycle, First Stage's new play development initiative honoring the local history and heritage of Wisconsin, xaus nrog WELCOME TO BRONZEVILLE los ntawm Milwaukee playwright Sheri Williams Pannell, Lub Ib Hlis 13 - Lub Ob Hlis 5, 2017. Kev ua yeeb yam tshwm sim nyob rau ntawm Marcus Center's Todd Wehr Water Theatre, N929 Street, N. Daim pib tuaj yeem yuav ntawm tus kheej ntawm Marcus Center box office ntawm 929 N. Water Street, hauv xov tooj ntawm (414) 273-7206 lossis online ntawm www.firststage.org.
1957. Lub plawv ntawm Milwaukee's Bronzeville cov zej zog pulses mus rau kev ntaus ntawm Jazz thiab doo-wop. Txhua leej txhua tus xav kom Michael Jr. ua raws li nws txiv txoj kev taug, tab sis tus no puas yog nws txhais tau tiag tiag? Cov txuj ci hauv zos ua yeeb yam, tuaj xyuas los ntawm tus neeg hu nkauj jazz iconic Billie hnub caiv (ua si los ntawm Malkia Stampley), thiab kev txawj ntse thiab kev taw qhia ntawm ib lub zej zog nrhiav kev txhawb nqa lawv cov tub ntxhais hluas pab Mike nrhiav txoj hauv kev rau tus txiv neej uas nws yuav dhau los.
"Hauv kev ua si, ib tug tub hluas African Asmeskas tau tawm tsam nrhiav nws qhov chaw hauv nws lub tsev, nws lub zej zog, thiab txhais tau tias yog 'tus txiv neej tiag tiag.' Nws niam nws txiv, cov kwv tij, tub ceev xwm hauv zos, thiab cov phooj ywg txhua tus muaj kev cia siab rau nws, tab sis thaum kawg nws yuav tsum txiav txim siab seb nws yuav taug txoj kev twg, "hais tias playwright thiab tus thawj coj Sheri Williams Pannell. "Los ntawm kev sib qhia nws txoj kev taug kev thiab cov kev xaiv uas nws xaiv, kuv vam tias yuav txhawb nqa cov tub ntxhais hluas thiab tsev neeg ntawm txhua haiv neeg los tsim lawv tus kheej txoj kev taug kev ntawm tus kheej nrhiav pom, rov tshuaj xyuas cov kev xaiv uas lawv ua thiab lawv cov kev cuam tshuam, thiab nrhiav txoj hauv kev los txuas nrog thiab ua kev zoo siab rau lawv cov cuab yeej cuab tam tshwj xeeb."
Txawm hais tias tsis yog suab paj nruag, qhov kev ua si muaj cov nkauj ntawm lub sijhawm thiab cov suab paj nruag qub los ntawm Sheri Williams Pannell thiab tus kws sau nkauj hauv zos John Tanner, nqa cov nkauj (xws li Billie Holiday's "Vajtswv Foom Koob Hmoov"), lub suab, thiab kev ua yeeb yam tshwj xeeb ntawm lub zej zog neeg Asmeskas Neeg Asmeskas no mus rau lub neej. Ntau lwm cov ntsiab lus pab tsim lub ntiaj teb zoo siab txais tos rau BRONZEVILLE. Milwaukee tus kws kos duab Mutope J. Johnson cov kev ua yeeb yaj kiab ntxiv rau qhov tsim qauv zoo nkauj (los ntawm Sarah Hunt Frank) nrog cov duab ntawm cov neeg tiag tiag uas yog ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm Bronzeville. Tsis tas li ntawd, Sheri Williams Pannell tau tsim qhov kev ua si nrog cov tswv yim los ntawm cov txwj laus hauv zej zog Bronzville, lawv lub suab qiv rau qhov tseeb ntawm cov nplua nuj, ntau txheej txheej.
Sheri Williams Pannell (Director thiab Playwright) ua nws debut ntawm First Stage li Sojourner Truth in A WoMAN CALLED TRUTH. Txij thaum ntawd los, nws tau tshwm sim nyob rau hauv ib tag hmo quaj, SMOLDERING FIRES, LUB WIZ, Qhov, PERSEUS BAYOU, PUA DRESSES thiab NYIAJ, CLACK, MOO thiab coj cov productions mus rau lub teb cog lus, MUFARO's BEAUTIFUL DAGSONBIS thiab 1963. Nws cov qhab nia qhia ntxiv muaj xws li kev tsim khoom ntawm Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Skylight Music Theatre, Old Lyric, United Nations/UW Madison, University Theatre, Madison Rep, University Opera, Children's Theatre of Madison, Bronzeville Arts Ensemble, thiab Uprooted Theatre. Pannell tau ua yeeb yam nrog Florentine Opera, Milwaukee Rep, Hauv Tandem, Skylight Music Theatre thiab Qub Lyric Rep. Nws yog Thawj theem. Ua yeeb yam thiab Department of Education ua tus kws qhia ntawv. Sheri yog ib tug tswv cuab ntawm Bronzeville Arts Ensemble thiab koom nrog Calvary Baptist Church, co-directing Nyob rau hauv pib yog Lo Lus Drama Ministry. Ib tug kawm tiav ntawm Spelman College, Sheri kuj tau kawm tiav qib siab ntawm kev ua yeeb yam zoo hauv kev ua yeeb yam thiab ua yeeb yam - qhia los ntawm University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Cov kws tshaj lij ua yeeb yam ntawm WELCOME TO BRONZEVILLE suav nrog Dominique Worsley* as Sgt. Chaney; Gavin Lawrence* raws li Michael Sr. Malkia Stampley* raws li Billie Nyiaj so koobtsheej; Samantha Montgomery* raws li Irene; James Carrington raws li Mr. Jones/Male Understudy, thiab First Stage Fellow Lachrisa Grandberry raws li Cleopatra/Female Understudy. * Tus tswv cuab ntawm Actor's Equity Association.
Cov tub ntxhais ua yeeb yam ua yeeb yam yog ob npaug. Cov tub ntxhais hluas ua yeeb yam hauv Flame Cast suav nrog Collin Woldt (Mike) los ntawm Muskego; Joshua Allen-McConnell (Ruben), Derrick Sanders (Harry), Aziz Draper (Freddy), Kellzhei Huurn-Williams (Johnny), Anthony Wells (Alvaro), thiab Kaysha Gail (Debbie) los ntawm Milwaukee; Ashley Nord (Patty) los ntawm Glendale; Miles Coppage (Obie) los ntawm Wauwatosa; thiab Lukas Czerwinski (Jake) los ntawm Greenfield.
Cov tub ntxhais hluas ua yeeb yam hauv Regal Cast yog Kamani Graham (Mike), Nahjee Robinson (Ruben), Isaiah Martin (Harry), Braylen Stevens (Freddy), Noel Rubalcava (Alvaro) thiab Makayla Davis (Debbie) los ntawm Milwaukee; Michael Loomans (Obie) los ntawm Slinger; Deyki Miller (Johnny) los ntawm Waukesha; Lonnae Hickman (Patty) los ntawm Thiensville; thiab Mason Sammarco (Jake) los ntawm Bayside.
Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm Zoo Tshaj Plaws rau BRONZEVILLE suav nrog: Laura Lynn MacDonald (Assistant Director/Dramaturg); Daryl Harris (Costume Designer); Sarah Hunt-Frank (Scenic Designer); Mutope J. Johnson (Scenic Art Collaborator); Greg Hoffman (Tswj Teeb pom kev zoo); John Tanner (Sound Designer); First Stage Fellow Giana Blazquez: koj puas xav tau ntau tus thwjtim? (Tus kws kos duab); Anne Jude (Stage Manager); thiab Julia Xiong (Assistant Stage Manager).
Cov xwm txheej tshwj xeeb thiab kev sib tham txuas ntxiv tau tuav ua ke nrog feem ntau ua yeeb yam. Yog xav paub ntxiv, thov mus saib FirstStage.org/Bronzeville. Cov ntsiab lus tseem ceeb suav nrog:
QHOV CHAW UA HAUJ LWM hmo ntuj
Friday, Lub Ib Hlis 13, 2017
Tom qab qhib kev ua yeeb yam hmo ntuj, First Stage caw txhua tus neeg saib xyuas tuaj koom Lub Rooj Sib Tham Qhib Hmo Ntuj ntawm Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, nyob ib mais ntawm Marcus Center ntawm 325 W. Walnut Street. Cov neeg tuaj yeem tuaj yeem sib xyaw thiab sib xyaw nrog cov cam khwb cia thiab cov neeg coob ntawm WELCOME TO BRONZEVILLE thaum txaus siab rau kev noj qab haus huv, ua siab zoo ntawm First Stage.
BRONZEVILLE - Ib qho kev ua koob tsheej ntawm zej zog
Ntawm saib Lub Ib Hlis 13 - Lub Ob Hlis 5, 2017
Hnub Friday, Lub Ib Hlis 20: Sijhawm txuas ntxiv (5 - 9 teev tsaus ntuj) thiab tus kws kos duab ua lag luam rau Gallery Hmo ntuj
Qhov kev kos duab kos duab no nthuav tawm cov duab kos los ntawm Milwaukee African Asmeskas cov kws ua yeeb yam Willie Weaver-Bey, Blance Brown, Bennie Higgins, Mutope J. Johnson thiab lwm tus. Kho los ntawm Della Wells.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Hnub
Hnub Monday, Lub Ib Hlis 16, 2017
Them Koj Xaiv Qhov Ua Tau Zoo thaum 3:30 teev tsaus ntuj
MKE JAZZ: TAM SIM NO
Hnub Saturday, Lub Ib Hlis 21, 2017, 5:30 - 6:30 teev tsaus ntuj ntawm Milwaukee Youth Arts Center
Hauv kev koom tes nrog First Stage, Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra thiab, Milwaukee Historical Society, koom nrog peb rau kev nthuav qhia thiab kev sib tham los tshawb txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm jazz hauv kev tsim lub zej zog. Hloov los ntawm Ben Barbera, Milwaukee County Historical Society curator, nrog suab paj nruag los ntawm Sheri Williams Pannell thiab MYSO's Bronzeville Jazz Quartet (BJQ).
EXTENDED TALKBACK
Hnub Saturday, Lub Ib Hlis 21 tam sim ntawd tom qab 7:00 teev tsaus ntuj kev ua yeeb yam
Pawg Neeg Yudais Kev Sib Raug Zoo ntawm Milwaukee Cov Neeg Yudais Federation thiab cov thawj coj hauv zej zog African Asmeskas yuav muaj kev sib tham yooj yim ntawm cov neeg Yudais thiab African Asmeskas keeb kwm hauv Bronzeville thiab yuav ua li cas ob lub zej zog tuaj yeem ua haujlwm ua ke los pab daws Milwaukee txoj kev cais thiab kev sib cais.
Rov luam tawm peb cov ntawv dawb, hauv online lossis luam tawm, raws li daim ntawv tso cai Creative Commons.
