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New Federal Theatre 53rd Anniversary Celebration
Monday, October 2, 2023 at 7:00 PM
The Edison Ballroom
240 W 47th St
New York NY, 10036
Winter/Spring Season 2023
Telling Tales Out of School
by Wesley Brown
Directed by Woodie King, Jr.
June, 1954, a memorial service for Alain Locke, architect of the Harlem Renaissance, is held at Benta’s Funeral Home in Harlem. Among the attendees are Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, Jesse Fauset and Nancy Cunard. Now in their sixties and not having seen one another in over twenty years, they gather at the Hotel Theresa after the funeral. An afternoon of boundless praise of Locke over tea unravels into disturbing revelations about the great man and the four women who have come to honor him.
New Federal Theatre c/o ASP
543 W. 42nd St
New York, NY 10036
October 18th- November 12th
Fish Fry
by Goldie E. Patrick
Directed by John E. Scutchins
“Heavy is the head that wears the crown”. After the unexpected death of the patriarch of the Jones family, there are serious questions as to who is next in line for the throne and who inherits the kingdom. But with all that is lost in their father’s death, there is still the question of what can be gained. So much can fall apart. Already tattered relationships are tested and difficult truths come out when a family is forced to reconcile as they grieve.
Written by NFT’s Black Creation Resident Playwright
New Federal Theatre c/o ASP
543 W. 42nd St
New York, NY 10036
May 22, 2023 @ 7:00 PM
Long Time Since Yesterday
by P.J. Gibson
Directed by Awoye Timpo
In the late P. J. Gibson’s comedy-drama, some years after graduation, five collegiate friends, upwardly mobile members of the professional class, come together for the funeral of one of their classmates who has committed suicide. Over bourbon and memories, tempers flare and guilt is apportioned. Considered a New Federal Theatre classic, this play originally opened at NFT in October of 1985 and won multiple Audelco Awards including Best Play.
New Federal Theatre in association with The ASP/Castillo Theatre presents a benefit reading of Long Time Since Yesterday by P.J. Gibson for CLASSIX, a collective dedicated to exploding the classical canon through an exploration of Black performance history and dramatic works by Black writers. NFT will also make a donation to the P.J. Gibson Memorial Scholarship for Creative Writers at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
New Federal Theatre c/o ASP
543 W. 42nd St
New York, NY 10036
June 27, 2023 @ 7:00 PM