ADVISORY, Sept. 10, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
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Who/What: |
The Ensemble Theatre is set to debut its 36th season with a regional premiere, The Nacirema Society by Pearl Cleage, award winning playwright of Blues for an Alabama Sky and Flyin' West, and the New York Times best-selling author of Oprah book club selection, What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day. Ensemble Theatre Artistic Director Eileen J. Morris will direct this performance. |
| Every year since Emancipation, the Nacirema Society of Montgomery, Alabama introduces six elegant African-American debutants to a world of wealth, privilege and social responsibility. This year, at its 100th anniversary, with young love brewing, old flames simmering and national media attention on-hand. . . what would dare to go awry? Audiences are invited into this glamorous world where folks still dress for dinner. A sparkling romantic comedy! | |
| Featured cast members include: Andrea Boronell, Derrick Brent II, Candice D'Meza, Florence Garvey, Autumn Knight, Joyce Anastasia, Angela Smith, Detria Ward, and Bebe Wilson. |
| When: | Previews: | Saturday, September 22, 2012: | 8:00 p.m. |
| Sunday, September 23, 2012: | 3:00 p.m. | ||
| Wednesday, September 26, 2012: | 7:30 p.m. | ||
| Show Run: | September 27 – October 21, 2012 | ||
| Thursdays: | 7:30 p.m. | ||
| Fridays: | 8:00 p.m. | ||
| Saturdays: | 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. | ||
| Sundays: | 3:00 p.m. | ||
| ****Opening Night and Media Reception is Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. *** | |||
| Where: | The Ensemble Theatre | ||
| 3535 Main St. | |||
| Houston, TX 77002 | |||
| 713-520-0055 | |||
| www.ensemblehouston.com | |||
The Ensemble Theatre's 2012-2013 Season is sponsored in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance and Texas Commission on the Arts. United Airlines is the exclusive airline sponsor for The Ensemble Theatre.
The Ensemble Theatre was founded in 1976 by the late George Hawkins to preserve African American artistic expression and to enlighten, entertain, and enrich a diverse community. Over thirty years later, the theatre has evolved from a touring company operating from the trunk of Mr. Hawkins' car to being one of Houston's finest historical cultural institutions. The Ensemble is one of a few professional theatres in the region dedicated to the production of works portraying the African American experience. The oldest and largest professional African American theatre in the Southwest, it holds the distinction of being one of the nation's largest African American theatres owning and operating its facility and producing in-house. Board President Emeritus Audrey Lawson led the capital campaign for The Ensemble's $4.5 million building renovations that concluded in 1997. The Ensemble Theatre has fulfilled and surpassed the vision of its founder and continues to expand and create innovative programs to bring African American theatre to a myriad of audiences.