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The series kicks off with a launch party in honor of \"Ready Set Go\", the first album for young audiences by Divinity Roxx (former musical director\n for Beyonce).

ASL Interpreted Performance. ASL interpreters Barbara Hunt and Kathleen Taylor will be standing at the edge of the stage House Left. If you wish to sit near them, please buy tickets on the right hand side of the screen on the ticket map.

The final concert in the series features The Brown Rice Family, today’s freshest world roots band. The music they make is loved by young audiences and adults alike.

ASL Interpreted Performance. ASL interpreters Barbara Hunt and Kathleen Taylor will be standing at the edge of the stage House Left. If you wish to sit near them, please buy tickets on the right hand side of the screen on the ticket map.

FOOTSOLDIER by Seret Scott.
ASL Interpreted performance

Sugarbelly and Other Tales My Father Told Me, by Guy Davis
ASL-Interpreted performance.

di.stance, by Gabriel Bámgbósé
ASL-Interpreted performance.

The Mapmakers, by Dr. Abena P. A. Busia
ASL-Interpreted performance.

Inherent Resolve, by Richard Wesley
ASL-Interpreted performance.

The Ballad of Debbie Walker, by Divinity Roxx.
ASL-Interpreted performance.

Audio Description Performance.

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ASL Interpreted Performance.

Audio Described Performance.

ASL Interpreted Performance.

ASL-Interpreted Show

The NAACP will be hosting their annual Kwanzaa program alongside several community partners in the NBPAC lobby before the show.

TALKBACK: With Chicken & Biscuits playwright Douglas Lyons after performance.

New Year's Eve! Performance and party tickets SOLD OUT. Performance ONLY tickets still available at $75

The Gospel Woman: A Rehearsal Drama with Music by Tylie Shider
Directed by Adrienne Williams

And Then Grief Learned the Jig
Directed by Nehassaiu deGannes
A Poetic Performance by Jamie Goodwin.

In the Gray by Antu Yacob.
Directed by Celestine Rae

Bearden and Billie by Kathleen McGhee-Anderson.
Directed by Lynda Gravatt

The Ground Upon Which We Stand
Directed by Ricardo Khan
Featuring selected Genesis Festival writers: Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, Mo Schlick, TyLie Shider, and\r\nRichard Wesley

ASL Interpreted performance

Community Day
Juneteenth & Pride Kickoff
Talkback with Divinity Roxx, moderated by Larry Lyons

ASL Interpreted Performance
Audio Described Performance

PEARLS

Written by Silma Sierra Berrada - 2025 Winner of the Crossroads Genesis Prize for Playwriting Excellence

Directed by Axel Avin Jr.

Caught in a cycle of eviction, Pearl does whatever it takes to put a roof over her children’s heads. But Swan, the landlord, needs to collect rent to provide for her own family.

in shame OR in pride: a biomythography

We are confronted once again with the very question of our survival. Jamie has decided to tell you a story. No, a love letter. The story of their grandmothers. Grandmothers who survived. 

Written by Jamie Goodwin

The Carelessness of Love

Written by Michael Dinwiddie

Directed by Adrienne Williams

Angelina Grimké has laid plans to leave her overbearing father and escape to a new life with her lover Mary Burrill. Anna Julia, a close family friend, complicates the story by introducing a young man who she hopes will alter Angelina’s desires. As love unravels the threads of the most carefully plotted deceptions, no one can live happily ever after once the truth is laid bare.

hop tha A

Written by James Anthony Tyler

Directed by Shaun Patrick Tubbs

New York, 2013. During his late-night commute on the A train, Harlem native Tyrone\ntries to impress Niesha, his coworker at a nightclub, who just wants to read her book\nand pass the ride in silence. But as they travel uptown, the two forge an unlikely\nconnection that extends beyond the confines of the subway car.