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UPCOMING 2021 SHOWS
Reading
5–7pm, in-person at Room Project
6513 Woodward Ave., Detroit
Join us for a reading celebrating the launch of Terry Blackhawk’s new chapbook, Maumee, Maumee, featuring poets Shawntai Brown, Diane DeCillis, and Zilka Joseph. Book sales will be provided on site by Pages Bookshop.
This event is open to the public, with light refreshments served. Tickets are by donation; a donation of any size is appreciated.
Links to The Work
eLLe Kalamazoo interview by Laura Kay Henderson (founder of Queer Theatre Kalamazoo) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaWwPUyOJco
Revue – Review of eLLe New Position – https://revuewm.com/arts/theatre/item/4255-review-elle-lovingly-captures-the-modern-experience
WMUK – eLLe 10 announcement – https://www.wmuk.org/post/art-beat-theater-change-society
WMUK interview 2015 – https://www.wmuk.org/post/series-based-l-word-returns-tell-untold-lgbt-stories
WMUK – Theater to change society clip with eLLe mention – https://www.wmuk.org/term/queer-theatre-kalamazoo-0
Ghost Town – The Dirty Blondes – https://www.thedirtyblondes.org/detroit-ny.html
Harlem9 48 Hours in Detroit – https://www.harlem9.org/48hours-in-detroit-2019
Review eLLe installment 10 “This Lane Open” – https://revuewm.com/arts/theatre/item/4640-review-elle-is-a-night-of-high-quality-totally-original-theater?fbclid=IwAR1bprB11n3nFnjjbGI48ZxfR0t1-zIBS7lSigIqbxLh6FjOJR_C9JlQBao
Plays Produced
“Church Hats,” New Play Workshop, Western Michigan University, 2008
“eLLe 1: The L Word continued,” Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, theatrical series, 2010.
“eLLe 2: The L Word continued,” Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, theatrical series, 2010.
“eLLe 3:,” PULSE Organic, Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, theatrical series, 2011.
“eLLe 4: Going the Distance,” Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, theatrical series, 2011.
“eLLe 5: You’ve Made Your Bed,” Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, theatrical series, 2011.
“eLLe 6: Shift,” Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, theatrical series, 2012.
“Breadcrumbs: Journey to Authenticity,” Kalamazoo Black Arts and Cultural Center, 2013
“eLLe 7: Can We Talk,” Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, 2013
“Ghost Town,” (author) Detroit, NY 10-minute Play Festival, The Dirty Blondes Theatre, New York, NY, 2014.
“eLLe 8: Every Door the Closes,” Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, theatrical series, 2015.
“A Detroit Carol,” (co-authors, acting) Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre, Light Up Livernois, 2016.
“eLLe 9: New Positions,” Queer Theatre Kalamazoo, theatrical series, 2018.
“We’re Here,” (co-author, acting) Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre, Light Up Livernois, Voices from the Neighborhood, 2018.
“We Own Everything,” 48 Hours Detroit, Alessee Hall, 2019.
“When the Moon Yells,” Detroit Fringe Festival, Jam Handy, 2019.
“eLLe 10: This Lane Open,” Face Off Theatre, Epic Center Kalamazoo, Mi, 2019.
“Don’t Break Up Over Text,” Violet Surprise: Lez Beaus, The Martin, Chicago, Il, Feb. 2020.
“8:46”, (written in collaboration with Sean Paraventi, Angela King) The Breath Project, nationwide virtual screening, October 2020
“Cut Short”, Gay4Detroit One Act Festival, The Ringwald virtual, Detroit, MI, October 2020.“Out of Body”, Hear Our Cry, Peppermint Creek Theatre virtual, Lansing, Mi, October 2020.“We Own Everything,”revised production to premier at Obsidian Theatre Festival, June 2022.
Staged Readings
“Covert: Voices from the Civil Rights Movement,” Douglas Center DYAC, Kalamazoo, 2013.
“Morgue,” staged reading, The Play’s the Thing, Ann Arbor Civic Theater, 2015.
“Hardyman,” Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre, Community Night, 2015.
“Bridge to Canada,” Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre, Community Night, 2015.
“67 Rebellion: A memoir play,” Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre, Northwestern Unitarian Universalist, 2018.
“Her Name Was A’laika,” The Plays The Thing, Ann Arbor Civic Theatre, Ann Arbor, Mi, Jan. 2020.
“Don’t Break Up Over Text,” The Plays The Thing, Ann Arbor Civic Theatre, Ann Arbor, Mi, Jan. 2020.
“Cut Short”, Queer Theatre Kalamazoo virtual, Kalamazoo, Mi June 2020.
“The Aretha Project”, (devised theatre written by EMPT playwrights) Extra Mile Playwrights Theatre, Detroit, Mi, September 2020.
“When The Moon Yells,” Ann Arbor Civic Theater virtual, Ann Arbor, Mi, October 2020.
“Happy Born day,” Purple Rose Theatre, virtual, Chelsea, Mi, February 2021.
“Ales Awake,” The Vagrancy, virtual, Michigan, 2021.
Shawntai G. Brown 