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The Black Rep is the nation's largest, professional African-American theatre company. The company was established in 1976 by Ron Himes, then a student at Washington University in St. Louis, as the Phoenix Theatre Troupe.
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Please join us for a Symposium series on the campus of Washington University entitled:

"Uncovering/Discovering the Other"

Part I.

When:  Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Location: The Hotchner Studio

Time: 4p.m. 

Event: "Uncovering/Discovering the Other"....A Discussion with Andrew Moodie

Act I. is free and open to the public. 

Part II.

When: Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Location: Edison Theatre

Time: 7p.m. 

Event: "Poetry Slam" (WUSLAM vs. NubaSLAM)

Cost: $20 (General Admission)

        $10 (Students)

Part III.

When: Thursday, September 16, 2010

Location: Siegle Hall

Time: 4p.m.

Event: Documentary Video ("25th Anniversary of The Black Rep")

 Act III. is free and open to the public.  

Part IV.

When: Thursday, September 16, 2010

Location: Edison Theatre

Time: 7p.m.

Event: "An Evening with Stephen McKinley Henderson" 

Cost: $20 (General Admission)

        $10 (Students)

Part V.

When: Friday, September 17, 2010

Location: The Edison Theatre

Time: 4p.m.

Event: "The Collaborative Process" featuring:

  • Stephen McKinley Henderson
  • Samm-Art Williams 
  • Antonio Fargas
  • Andrew Moodie

 Act V. is free and open to the public.  

For more info please call (314) 534-3807.

Back by Popular Demand!!!!

The Me Nobody Knows....a compelling musical based on the anthologized writings of more than 200 inner city youth collected by school teacher Stephen M. Joseph.  At odds with a squalid setting and a cynical materialistic view of the world, themes of hope and renewal emerged.

Music by Gary William Friedman & Lyrics by Will Holt

September 23, 2010 - September 26, 2010

     Edison Theater (on the campus of Washington University)

October 1, 2010 - October 3, 2010

     Orthwein Theater (on the campus of MICDS) 

For more information please call The Black Rep Box Office at (314) 534-3807

*The Me Nobody Knows is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.* 

Would you like to audition for The Black Rep? 

Season 34 Mainstage Auditions

When: Monday, September 13, 2010

Where: 1717 Olive Street, 4th floor, St. Louis, MO 63103 (Rehearsal Hall)

Time: 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Equity (Union) Actors appointments ONLY

         4:10 p.m. - 8 p.m. - Non Union appointments

Audition Requirements: Each actor will need to have prepared a total of 2 monologues,1 contemporary monologue and one classical monologue, OR 2 contemporary contrasting monologues. Both monologues together should take up a total of 3 minutes. Actor should bring 2 headshots with resumes attached. No singing. No dancing. No children.


 

 

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