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Genesius Theatre is seeking performers for RAISIN AUDITIONS: Sunday, November 17th from 6:00pm to 9:45pm:
Genesius Theatre is seeking Black and African-American actor/singers to portray roles in RAISIN, the Tony-Award-winning musical adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun.” Auditions are by appointment on Sunday, November 17. The show performs the first two weeks of May 2025 in Reading Pennsylvania
THE SEARCH IS ON FOR OUR NEXT PRODUCTIONS! GENESIUS THEATRE – THIS 2025
PRESENTS "Raisin"
RAISIN AUDITIONS: November 17th from 6pm to 9:45pm, 15 minute time slots
Sign up for your audition here, and make sure to fill out all necessary fields. We will need a picture of you in a jpg, jpeg, or png. Please come prepared. We will have an accompanist available. Please make note of the show dates as well.
Show dates: Raisin - May 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Sunday shows are at 3pm, all others are at 7:30pm
For any questions about auditions, email us at genesiusauditions1971@gmail.com
Genesius Theatre is a 501c3 nonprofit community theatre in Reading, Pennsylvania. All roles are unpaid.
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Cornel West can’t be on Pennsylvania’s presidential ballot, court decides
BY MARC LEVY
Updated 8:51 PM EDT, August 21, 2024
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Democrats have won legal challenges keeping the left-wing Party for Socialism and Liberation off the battleground state’s presidential ballot, at least for now, while a lawyer with deep Republican Party ties is working to help independent candidate Cornel West get on it.
The court cases are among a raft of partisan legal maneuvering around third-party candidates seeking to get on Pennsylvania’s ballot, including a pending challenge by Democrats to the filing in Pennsylvania by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
A Commonwealth Court judge agreed with two Democratic Party-aligned challenges on Tuesday, ruling that the paperwork filed by the Party for Socialism and Liberation was fatally flawed and ordering the party’s presidential candidate, Claudia De la Cruz, off Pennsylvania’s Nov. 5 ballot.
Updated 8:51 PM EDT, August 21, 2024
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Democrats have won legal challenges keeping the left-wing Party for Socialism and Liberation off the battleground state’s presidential ballot, at least for now, while a lawyer with deep Republican Party ties is working to help independent candidate Cornel West get on it.
The court cases are among a raft of partisan legal maneuvering around third-party candidates seeking to get on Pennsylvania’s ballot, including a pending challenge by Democrats to the filing in Pennsylvania by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
A Commonwealth Court judge agreed with two Democratic Party-aligned challenges on Tuesday, ruling that the paperwork filed by the Party for Socialism and Liberation was fatally flawed and ordering the party’s presidential candidate, Claudia De la Cruz, off Pennsylvania’s Nov. 5 ballot.
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Presents the “The Color Purple,” July 17 to August 4th 2024
https://pashakespeare.org/shows/the-color-purple/
July 17 to August 4 | Main Stage
The epic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker comes to life in an emotional tour de force musical infused with a soul-stirring score of jazz, gospel, ragtime, and blues. Set against the backdrop of the American South in the early 20th century, the story follows the transformative journey of Celie, a young African American woman who courageously navigates a life marked by abuse, separation, and discrimination to discover the strength to break free from oppression and find her own voice. From the hauntingly beautiful “I’m Here” to the exuberant celebration of “The Color Purple,” this sensational Tony Award-winning musical is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the enduring power of love. · Ages 13+
Running Time: 2 hours and 35 minutes, with a 15-minute intermission
Content advisory and trigger warning: contains violence, abuse, strong language, mature themes and situations.
Juneteenth: Teaching Outside the Textbook: June 11, 2024 Zinn Education Project- Teaching People's History
Background on Juneteenth
Here are key points from scholars Greg Carr, Christopher Wilson, and Clint Smith on the history beyond the traditional textbook narrative about Juneteenth.Black Troops Spreading the Word with Every Marching Foot
By Howard University professor Greg Carr, transcribed from a Teach the Black Freedom Struggle Online Class
While General Granger read the Emancipation Proclamation off that veranda in Galveston, there were at least nine regiments of the United States Colored Troops marking their way through Texas, the last of the 10 states in the Confederacy to give up. Black troops, some of those same Black troops that have captured Richmond, those Black troops were now in Texas. So while Granger makes the formal announcement on June 19th, and a year later to the day, Black folks start celebrating Juneteenth formally, those Black troops are spreading the word with every marching foot as they come across the South.
June 19th is the official day marking these emancipation celebrations as it formally comes into the African awareness in Texas. But the dates are usually linked to whenever people found out they were free, which is why in Mississippi, in Alabama, in Arkansas, in Oklahoma, you might see an August date or July date. This is described in O Freedom: Afro-American Emancipation Celebrations by William Wiggins. What we see in Galveston, Texas, in 1865, is also connected to the Caribbean, described in Howard University professor Jeffrey Kerr-Ritchie’s book on Emancipation Day celebrations called Rites of August First: Emancipation Day in the Black Atlantic World. There is also Decoration Day.
We think about the roots of what become Memorial Day, the idea of honoring our ancestors who made the ultimate sacrifice, by placing flowers on their graves and you see that coming out of South Carolina. There’s a very good book called Conjuring Freedom that talks about that South Carolina regiment of Colored Troops and the beautiful Ed Dwight monument on the South Carolina State House grounds.
City of Allentown PA Juneteenth Block Party: Wednesday June 19, 2024 (03:00pm 7:00pm)
The City of Allentown is still accepting Food, Merchandise, Art and Resource Vendors. Visit the City of Allentown JuneTeenth Celebration 2024
The City of Allentown is still accepting Food, Merchandise,
Art and Resource Vendors.
To register as a vendor, please visit the City of Allentown JuneTeenth 2024 Celebration page here:
Or Call Ryan Griffiths @ 610-437-7750
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