PTC and Theatre Nova Announces Auditions for A DETROIT STORY
Plowshares Theatre Company and Theatre Nova are seeking African American males to audition for four key roles in a new musical A DETROIT STORY on November 19. A DETROIT STORY is the musical of two families: one Black. One white. Both in love with a city that reflects...
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Plays, Roles Announced for “Flint Rising Festival”
DETROIT, MI – Michigan’s only professional African American Theatre, Plowshares Theatre Company, kicks off 2018 by announcing auditions for Flint Rising: A New Griot Performance Festival. The Black History Month presentation of new plays is in recognition of the Flint...
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Plowshares is Now Casting!
OPEN CALL AUDITIONS NOW If you're an aspiring actor looking to working with an intriguing theatre, Plowshares Theatre Company is the theatre for you. Over 25 roles will be cast for an upcoming series of staged reading to be presented beginning in February...
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Flint Rising – New Griots Reading
As a part of its mission to produce work that is relevant and responsive to the community, Plowshares Theatre Company is encouraging playwrights from near and far who wish to participate in a Black History Month presentation of original plays in honor of the Flint...
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Privacy Policy
PRIVACY POLICY The Plowshares Theatre Company Commitment to Privacy Plowshares Theatre Company regards the safeguarding of your personal information and privacy as a serious matter. This Privacy Policy explains what type of information we collect and what we do with...
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Our First #GivingTuesday Campaign
I started Plowshares Theatre Company in March 1989. The mission is pretty simple: producing plays and programs developed by African American artists with the unique perspective that comes from being a person of color in America. Although we hadn’t participated in the...
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For Playwrights: A Call to Action
New Griots: A Call for Scripts for the Black Theatre In 1926, activist and scholar W. E. B. DuBois called for the formation of a Black Theatre Movement across the nation. He solicited poets, short story writers, and others to become playwrights and begin writings...
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Registration is now open for the Motown Records: Made in Detroit Symposium taking place from July 6-8, 2017 at the Michigan State University Detroit Center. The symposium is offered at no cost for participants with the exception of K-12 teachers electing SCECH credits...
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Click here to register. Reserve Your Space Today: Only 50 spaces available per day. Click here to see the symposium agenda Click here for information on the panelists Symposium Agenda - Day 1 Thursday, July 6 2:00 PM Registration 2:30 PM Welcome...
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It Speaks To Me: The Writings of Dudley Randall
It Speaks to Me is based on the works of poet and Broadside Press founder, Dudley Randall. The play concerns a teenager who discovers the writings of Mr. Randall. The cast is composed of seven Metro Detroit middle and high school students performing poems and...
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