Mellon Foundation Funds National Initiative for Black Theaters with Historic $5 Million Lead Gift
Dear Patron, Artist, & Friends: As a founding member of the National Advisory Committee, I am both honored and humbled to announce an initiative that feels like it has been ushered into existence by the sheer force and perseverance of our ancestors. Today, The...
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“HASTINGS STREET” VIRTUAL CONCERT Premieres on July 22 at 7PM
DETROIT, MI – Michigan’s only professional African American Theatre, Plowshares Theatre Company, presents a virtual concert of songs from an original musical set in Detroit past. The play, Hastings Street, is a work in progress set in 1949 at the cusp of the order to...
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…While Black
This blog post originally ran on our arts and humanities blog, "Black Theatre Matters." George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. Names added to a lengthy list of Black people whose lives have been taken at the hands of white policemen or former policemen. Lives...
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We Are 1 Community
Dear Plowshares Friends and Family, I hope you and those you love are staying safe and healthy at home during the last few months. I don’t think any of us were anticipating the series of events we’ve experienced in just the last few months. We had plans to...
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Plowshares Receives $33,000 from Community Foundation for SE Mich
Here’s evidence that miracles do happen. Because of the coronavirus, Plowshares Theatre Company was forced to cancel the remainder of its 2020 performance season a week before it was scheduled to go into rehearsal for the world premiere production of ROOST. The...
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Plowshares to start “Black Theatre Matters” podcast in May
Plowshares Theatre Company is jumping into the world of podcasting. The Detroit-based theatre is launching a podcast Monday, May 25th called “Black Theatre Matters,” which “explores the various production aspects, topics of interest and dynamics of Black Theatre. In...
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Lauren Hood Joins Plowshares’ Board of Directors
DETROIT, MI – Michigan’s only professional African American Theatre, Plowshares Theatre Company, announces the appointment of Lauren Hood to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. The appointment fills one of two vacancies on the Board and brings the total...
read moreA Status Update on the 2020 Season
We’re writing in response to the increasing challenges posed by the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control issued a new recommendation advising that all events and gatherings of more than 10 people be postponed for the next eight...
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Bottles, glasses and stuff. We Need Bottles!
We need some help. ROOST, our next show is set in a bar. Can you help us collect liquor and beer bottles needed for the show?
read moreMeet the Playwright – Adrienne Earle Pender
Adrienne Earle Pender began her writing career in 2001. Her first play, The Rocker, was a finalist in the FutureFest 2002 Festival of New Works in Dayton, Ohio. Her play, Stone Face was a selection in the Reader's Theater at the 2003 National Black Theater Festival. ...
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