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Written By Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Melinda Wilson Ramey
June 7 – 30, 2024
TOPDOG/UNDERDOG, a darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, tells the story of two brothers, Lincoln and Booth, names given to them as a joke by their father.
Haunted by the past and their obsession with the street con game, three-card monte, the brothers come to learn the true nature of their history.
Playwright, screenwriter, musician, and novelist Suzan-Lori Parks won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2002 for TOPDOG/UNDERDOG, becoming the first African-American woman to receive the award for drama.
A KIDS' TIME PRODUCTION
March 23, 2024
Join us for the culmination of the 2024 KIDS' TIME Winter Camp at the community performance of AALIYAH & AMIR'S AWESOME ADVENTURE! Our KIDS' TIME company has been immersed in theater, music and dance since late January and are so excited to bring their finale performance which will take you on an awesome adventure through Black History! ďťż
Hosted by Dejan Tyler join us for Comedy Night on Saturday, April 6!
Tickets: $25 / $35 VIP
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Headliner - Chris Riggins! Chris is an opener for Dave Chappelle and the winner of the 2022 San Francisco International Comedy Competition. He also is a regular at The Comedy Store!
Featuring - Cole Young, hailing from Quincy, CA, currently appearing at the Hollywood Improv and at comedy clubs across the country!
And rounding out the line up is Lourdes Ayon from Tijuana to San Diego and now Sacramento!
VIP includes a complimentary alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage and a free ticket code to a Celebration Arts Season of Black Girl Magic production. Code may not be used for another special event or future comedy night.
We are incredibly excited to announce a collab with BLACK ARTIST FOUNDRY to bring the BLACK GIRL MAGIC ART EXHIBITION to the community!
For the 2024 Season of Black Girl Magic, our walls have been transformed into an art gallery, and patrons will experience awe-inspiring works from 11 talented Black women artists who call Sacramento home.
We thank
Abayomi Brownfield, Aliyah Sidqe, Beth Consetta Rubel, Michaela Stewart, Nataki Owino, Noelle Tavares, Nia Brown, Omonivie Okhade, Shani Zuberi, Shawntay Gorman, and Tasha Nichole King
for sharing their works in a celebration of the Black woman in beauty, strength and complexity.
Stay tuned for more info about the artists and upcoming special events.
In the meantime, grab your tickets for ZORA & LANGSTON and be sure to leave time to explore the gallery and your opportunity to add works for sale to your personal collection!
Image Credits:
Noelle Taveres, “Jerrod: An Ode to Solange,” 2023. Mixed media on canvas, 24”x30.”
Aliyah Sidqe, “Family Portrait,” 2022. Oil on canvas, “16x20.”
Shawntay Gorman, “Asaili Dickson,” 2024. Acrylic on canvas, 36”x36.”
JOIN US FOR OUR 2024 CELEBRATION OF BLACK WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS AND DIRECTORS!
FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF
ZORA & LANGSTON
TOPDOG / UNDERDOG
MUD, RIVER, STONE
CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY
TINKER THE TOY MAKER
Single Tickets go on sale 1/1/24. Secure your seats now by purchasing a 2024 Season/Flex Pass!
2024 SEASON OF BLACK GIRL MAGIC SPONSORS
We acknowledge that Celebration Arts resides on the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary homelands of the Nisenan and Miwok Nations. The larger Sacramento area and its rivers serve as a gathering place for many local tribes from the surrounding valley and foothills including the Nisenan, Southern Maidu, Valley and Plains Miwok, Patwin Wintun, and the Wilton Rancheria.
We advocate for Indigenous struggles against ongoing settler-colonization.We recognize and acknowledge the labor upon which our waterways, our country, our state, and our facility are built.
ďťżWe acknowledge the labor inequities that built our country on the bodies of enslaved people, immigrants, migrant and incarcerated workers. We advocate for equitable quality of living conditions for all laborers.We affirm our commitment to these land and labor acknowledgements through our mission to uplift and educate stories, in particular African-American and Black stories, through our work each day.