Community Works NYC, New Heritage Theatre Group, The Interchurch Center and partners is presenting The Legacy Now – Reflections on a Life in The Theater featuring harlem is …Theater honorees Voza Rivers, Executive Producer of New Heritage Theatre Group, and Woodie King Jr., founder and Production Director of the New Federal Theatre and the National Black Touring Circuit, talk about Black Theater Past, Present and Future, on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. The program begins at 5:30 P.M. at The Interchurch Center, 475 Riverside Dr (between 119th St. & 12oth St.) in New York.
*Enjoy a holiday reception following the discussion.
*Join in a silent auction offering theater tickets and fine dining.
*Tour the displays of theater, history, art and memorabilia.
This dialogue is part of Conversations on Black Theater and is curated and moderated by noted playwright, director and dramaturg Talvin Wilks.
The evening will be dedicated to harlem is …THEATER honoree Garland Lee Thompson, Sr. (1938-2014) A special film will honor Garland Lee Thompson, Sr.
RSVP to performances@communityworksnyc.org and call 212-459-1854 for more information.
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Lia Chang is an actor, a performance and fine art botanical photographer, and an award-winning multi-platform journalist. Lia starred as Carole Barbara in Lorey Hayes’ Power Play at the 2013 National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, N.C., with Pauletta Pearson Washington, Roscoe Orman, and made her jazz vocalist debut in Rome Neal’s Banana Puddin’ Jazz “LADY” at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York. She is profiled in Jade Magazine.
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