PAN-AFRICAN Theatre Ensemble2017-2018 Season

at the African Community Theatre

Meet the DirectorD. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson is a theatre artist/scholar. She is an Assistant Professor of Pan-African Studies, Kent State University. Dr. Forbes-Erickson earned a doctorate in Theatre: Performance as Public Practice with a doctoral portfolio in African and the African American Studies from the Univer-sity of Texas at Austin. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Theatre from the University of Kentucky.

In addition, she is an accomplished theatre and production designer, with a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree in Theatre Design from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, England, and a Diploma in Sculpture from Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Kingston, Jamaica.

Order your tickets now!Free Student TicketsKent State University full-time undergraduate students who have paid the Arts fee are entitled to one ticket. Order in person. Valid KSU ID required.

Performance Days and TimesPerformances are at 8:00pm, Thursday through Saturday, and at 2:00pm on Sunday. The African Community Theatre is located in room 230 of Oscar Ritchie Hall, 225 Terrace Drive, Kent, OH.

“Buy the House” / Group TicketsLarge groups and organizations on and off campus looking for a fundraising or sponsorship opportunity are invited to “buy the house” and sell up to 50 tickets. Please call 330-672-2300.

1. Buy online: www.kent.edu/pas/african-community-theatre

2017-2018 Order Form

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Fall 2017- Vejigantes (Devil Mask)

Thursday, Nov. 16

Friday, Nov. 17

Saturday, Nov. 18

Sunday, Nov. 19

Spring 2018- The Purple Flower

Thursday, March 8

Friday, March 9

Saturday, March 10

Sunday, March 11

New Black Plays

Thursday, April 12

Friday, April 13

Saturday, April 14

Sunday, April 15

Total @ $10 each: $

Pan-African Theatre Ensemble (PATE)Dr. Forbes-Erickson is the founder and artistic director of the PATE, dedicated to theatre scholarship from the Pan-African world, and to directing plays from Africa, U.S.A., Canada, England, Latin America and the Caribbean.

The PATE is a theatre practice-as-research project for academic theatre with Pan-African theatre aesthetics, open to community volunteers, KSU students across campus interested in participating in theatre research, and to anyone committed to Black theatres.

African Community TheatreThe African Community Theatre is an academic unit and a premier theatre facility, created to raise awareness about theatres and performances by Afri-can and African Diasporic peoples. On selected dates, the African Community Theatre is open to all creative artists and groups from the Kent State Univer-sity community and to the wider community during the academic year.

To get involved or for more information, call the DPAS office, (330) 672-2300, or email Dr. Forbes-Erickson, dforbese@kent.edu.

Dr. D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson,Founder and Artistic Director, Pan-African Theatre Ensemble

2. Order in person or by phone: Office hours are 10:00am-5:00pm. Call 330-672-2300 or visit 127 Oscar Ritchie Hall.

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Vejigantes (Devil Mask)Nov. 16-19, 2017- (1958) by Francisco “Paco” ArrivíVejigantes is about multi-generational women whose experiences intertwine in a tragic “mulata” trope, white patriarchy, and sexual assault. They face the decision to continue their carnival of secrecy and suffering or to heal by embracing their common African heritage in 1950s Loíza, Puerto Rico.

The Purple FlowerMarch 8-11, 2018- (1927) by Marita BonnerThe first surrealist play written by an African American woman, The Purple Flower consists of two sets of characters: the “White Devils” and the “Us’s.” It relays the racial tensions in America in the 1920s, but can be applied to contemporary society, and to any oppressed peoples around the world.

New Black PlaysApril 12-15, 2018- CALL FOR SCRIPTS!An open invitation to all playwrights, theatre artist, and enthusiasts (regard-less of ethnicity, gender, etc.) to write and produce plays about Black issues, themes, or cultures. Those selected will present their plays at the Pan-African Festival and Conference. Deadline for submissions: Jan. 22, 2018.

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