2008-2009 Professional Acting Intern - Janai D. Humphrey

Each year, The Black Rep Touring Company performs more than 150 shows for schools, community centers, corporations, churches and other organizations in St. Louis and throughout the Midwest region. Touring shows compliment academic curriculum by illustrating history, teaching literature, and reinforcing morals.

THE BLACK REP 2008-2009 TOURING SHOWS

PORCH LIES, TALES OF SLICKSTERS, TRICKSTERS AND OTHER WILY CHARACTERS

By Patricia C. McKissack, Adapted by Ron Himes & Linda Kennedy

Tales filled with humor and exaggeration, master storyteller Patricia C. McKissack transports us to the front porch — a place where lightening bugs flash, lemonade is poured, and tales about slickster-tricksters are an every-night treat.

• Kg - 5th grades
• Suitable for all audiences
• 45 - Minute per session
• Subject Areas
• Communication Arts
• Social Studies
• Storytelling

STAMPING, SHOUTING, AND SINGING HOME

By Lisa Evans

12 year old Lizzie tells us her story of life in the Deep South in the 1950s in this inspirational and uplifting tale of a families' struggle in a world on the verge of change.

• 6th – 12th grades
• Suitable for all audiences
• One 1-hour session
• Subject Areas
• Communication Arts
• History
• Social StudiesTheatre

JOSEPHINE’S `MAGINATION

By Arnold Dobrin, Adapted by Dr. Ron Himes

This vivid, colorful and entertaining story is of Josephine, a Haitian child that creates a doll from materials used in her mother's broom-making business, all in her imagination of course.

• Kg – 5th grades
• Suitable for all audiences
• One 1-hour session
• Subject Areas
• Storytelling
• Communication Arts
• Character Education

THE STRONG MEN

Based on a poem by Sterling A. Brown, Developed by Black Rep Touring Company

This choreo-poem displays the powerful voices and delicate humor of African Americans who have made major contributions to American history. The Black Rep brings to vivid life some of the verses, which show how poetry can be spoken, sung and danced, and how poetry can be a window to the self and to our world.

• 7th – 12th grades
• Suitable for all audiences
• One 1-hour session
• Subject Areas
• Character Education
• Communication Arts
• Math
• Theatre

1. ALL PERFORMANCES: Typically last under 1 hour.
2. STUDY GUIDES and QUESTION & ANSWER SESSIONS AVAILABLE
3. To book a Touring Production for your school or site contact our Director of Education and Community Programs, Amana Hanks at amanah@theblackrep.org or 314.534.3807 ext. 244 .
   
   You can also download a Touring Production Request form by clicking the link below.