Steel Magnolias
October 27 - November 19, 2006

Our African-American adaptation of this play is set in a beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. The play is alternately hilarious and touching—and, in the end, reveals the depth and underlying strength of the relationships of its characters.

Joe Turner's Come and Gone

February 2 - 25, 2007

Set in a black boardinghouse in Pittsburgh in 1911, this drama by August Wilson explores a time in American history when the sons and daughters of recently freed slaves journeyed to the booming industrial cities of the North in search of prosperity, a new way of life, and, essentially, their own identities. Each denizen of the boardinghouse has a different relationship to a past of slavery as well as to the urban present.

African America Trailblazers:

A Musical Odyssey

April 20 - May 5

A celebration of heritage and history through music and storytelling. Audiences will experience the lives of such Virginians as Maggie L. Walker, Arthur Ashe, Nat Turner, John Mercer Langston, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Baker and more. Both educational and entertaining, this show is perfect for the entire family.

The Rocks will Cry Out

June 1 - 17, 2007

This hilarious comedy set in Zuni, Virginia, chronicles the adventures of the Rock family patriarch, Johnny, who comes back home to settle things with God.  The only problem is that his past as  a rambling, gambling man haunts the new preacher that he has become.  His family’s involvement virtually leaves the town of Zuni in an uproar as he tries to convince the townspeople that he is a changed man.