Re: RAT THEATRE PROJECT NEWS

["Megan Monaghan" <meganmonaghan@email.msn.com>]

What city is this happening in, please?

-----Original Message-----
From: Bobby Mrozek <bby@earthlink.net>
To: THEATRE PROJECT NEWS GROUP <bby@earthlink.net>
Date: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 5:31 PM
Subject: RAT THEATRE PROJECT NEWS


>A VOICE I WILL SEND: SISTERS TALK ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM
>
>opens Friday, February 19th and runs for 3 weekend only, through March 7
>at THEATRE PROJECT 45 W. PRESTON STREET (across Cathedral St. from the
>Meyerhoff Symphony Hall). The creators of last season's acclaimed
>performance "mediations/from the ash" conjure a journey through poetry
>and dance as African-American women. Tickets are $14 general admission
>and $8 for students. Call the Theatre Project Box Office at
>410-752-8558.
>
>"A Voice I Will Send" brings to the live stage, 3 one-act performances,
>which give breath and light to our lives from the view of
>African-American women. "Under the Veil of St. Theresa," written and
>performed by Denise Gantt, expresses a powerful voice of affirmation and
>descent. Like the headlight of a barreling freight train cutting through
>a stormy night, "Under the Veil of St. Theresa" comments on contemporary
>life in Baltimore with stunning clarity.
>
>Lakia Green's "Grey" explores cross-cultural identity with black women
>who are racially black, but culturally white --  the experience of being
>smart, black and female. Perhaps America has produced a third race; not
>necessarily black or white, but expected to be, at different times both,
>and yet, ultimately to be a shining example of the self-made individual.
>
>"Let the Truth be told Under Quiet Veils", a choreopoem created and
>performed by Muslim Artist and Activist, Ieasha Prime, uses the palate
>of dance, poetry and music to disentangle the perceived and
>unadulterated truth about the Muslim women practicing the religion of
>Islam in the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave. "Quiet Veils" is an
>exquisite and direct presentation from a rarely heard and frequently
>misunderstood voice.
>
>Professional, Quality Theatre, "A Voice I Will Send" is produced by
>Medusa Theatre Company and The Artistic Connection with the MFA in
>Theatre at Towson University and Theatre Project.  The artistic team
>features some of the best and brightest new voices from the Baltimore
>and Washington area. Tanisha Brady Christie, producer and actor is
>currently Assistant Director at the Living Stage Theatre Company in
>Washington and has been an Actor-Educator for three seasons. Denise
>Gantt, producer, playwright and actor is the director for Theatre for a
>New Generation series at Center Stage. She also founded Medusa Theatre
>Company which highlights the work of young African-American female
>artists.  Her play "meditations/from the ash" was awarded "best one-act
>play" by Artscape97.  Lakia Green, production manager, playwright and
>director has worked with Source Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre,
>Maryland Stage Company and Center Stage. She is currently production
>manager at Living Stage. Ieasha Prime, actor and playwright, is a
>graduate of the Duke Ellington High School of the Performing Arts. She
>has performed with Concord Dance Company, and Living Stage Theatre
>Company in Washington.
>
>Food for Thought, Theatre Project presents new work in dance, music and
>theatre which often seeks to do more than entertain. As a contemporary
>live venue, artists and audiences come together at Theatre Project
>around images and ideas that are not necessarily made as a response to a
>marketplace.  Weeks after Medusa Theatre Company's last performance at
>Theatre Project, people were writing, phoning and emailing messages in
>reaction to "meditations/from the ash" -- most were impressed with the
>sheer rarity of such a provocative and intellectual portrayal of
>African-American women, some others took strong exception to more than a
>few of the points within. Nonetheless, all seemed to quite invigorated
>by theatre that asked something more of an audience, than just nods,
>smiles, and applause.