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2019 FESTIVAL DETAILS

9th Annual 
48Hours in...™Harlem
Sunday, August 25, 2019 7pm & 9:30pm
The National Dance Institute Center for Learning & the Arts in Harlem
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Harlem9 closed our 1st National Summer at home in Harlem with the 9th Annual 48Hours in...™Harlem, in a new location, The National Dance Institute Center for Learning & the Arts.  

6 playwrights re-imagined six works by the late Ntozake Shange: A Photograph: Lovers in Motion, Black & White Two-Dimensional Planes, boogie woogie landscapes, For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf, Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo and Spell #7.  Over a 48-hour period, the plays were cast, rehearsed, and produced as an evening of shorts, culminating in two performances, 7pm and 9:30pm on Sunday, August 25th.

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The 6 Playwrights

Top Row:

Karen Chilton

C.A. Johnson

Liz Morgan

 

Bottom Row:

Aurin Squire

York Walker

Charles White.

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The 6 Directors

Top Row:

Chris Berry

Daniel Bryant

Rhonda Passion Hansome

 

Bottom Row:

Miranda Haymon

Taylor Reynolds

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The 18 Actors 

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Top Row:

Noah Anderson
Vanessa R Butler
Angela Christine
Melvin J Cox
Biko Eisen-Martin
Brandon Gill
Trevor Hayes

 

Middle Row:

Ashley N. Hildreth
Michael Gene Jacobs
Joshua Josey
Lori Sinclair Minor
Margaret Odette

 

Bottom Row:

Monique Robinson
Jasmine Rush
Brayden Simpson
Dannie Toussaint
Marquis Vilson
Valencia Yearwood

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