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In his first play to see production, Seattle-based actor and playwright Reginald Andr Jackson's History of Theatre: About, By, For, and Near just finished its run at ACT Theatre from Jan. 28 to Feb. 12. History of Theatre takes its audience back in time, in a creative approach, to introduce us to the Black theater artists who have made history in America, and it even covers Black theater history right here in the Pacific Northwest. History of Theatre was directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton, founding artistic director of The Hansberry Project, a collaborator in the play's development.
"We started talking about how to respond to what was happening in the culture during the [pandemic] shutdown," Jackson said in an interview with the South Seattle Emerald. "And so we started these conversations about how to address what was going on, and what it meant for the theater. And so the best way to do that was to look at history."
Actor Dedra D. Woods stands in front of the rest of the History of Theatre ensemble. Woods plays Sister Blacknell, our modern guide along our time-traveling journey. (Photo: Robert Wade)
Using the character Sister Blacknall, a modern Black theater artist making her way through the world, as our host, we travel back in time
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Television & Film:
SHAMELESS
Writer, Story Editor, Executive Story Editor, Co-Producer 2016-2018, Showtime
The series: This dramedy based on a British series centers on siblings in a dysfunctional Chicago family who struggle while coping with their alcoholic father.
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HAL KING
Writer, 2017
The film: In this adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Henry V,” Hal King is part of the 1950s beatnik jazz scene, running with drug addicts and fast women. But after being drafted for the Korean War, he may be forced to choose between carrying his father's political legacy and the woman he loves.
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Full Length Plays:
AIN’T TOO PROUD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS
World premiere 2017, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
The play: An electrifying musical about the life and times of The Temptations, the greatest R&B group of all time (Billboard Magazine, 2017). They were five young guys on the streets of Detroit when they were discovered by Berry Gordy, who signed them to his legendary new label. After 24 attempts, they finally had a hit, and the rest is history—how they met, how they rose, the groundbreaking heights they hit, and how personal and political conflicts threatened to tear t
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Watch: Reginald André Jackson
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