HOUSTON — Get out and enjoy a great night of entertainment with the family! The Ensemble Theatre is gearing up for its season finale of Sistas: The Musical by Dorothy Marcic, musical arrangements by Germono Toussaint, directed and choreographed by Patdro Harris, and musical direction by Chika Kaba Ma’atunde.
The story is centered around a group of friends who come together following the loss of a family matriarch. They must choose one song to sing at her memorial that night. These five friends find solace in their sisterly bond and take a musical and historical journey through the songs that were anthems marking social change, and that resonated with the thoughts and emotions of women all over the world.
Sistas: The Musical features an all-female cast accompanied by a live band off stage. The music’s trajectory goes from “Naming the Pain” (A Good Man is Hard to Find) to “Framing the Problem” (I am Not My Hair), to “Proclaiming the Joy” (Just Fine and Golden). This play parallels the story of African-American women and their emerging sense of empowerment.
Featured cast members include: Regina Hearne (Dr. Simone), Delali Potakey (Roberta), Ebonie Williams (Gloria), Sharayah Reed (Tamika), and Chaney Moore (Heather).
Ticket Prices: $30 – $61
The Ensemble Theatre’s 2017-2018 Season is sponsored in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, Texas Commission on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. United Airlines is the official airline sponsor for The Ensemble Theatre. Sistas: The Musical is generously supported by The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts.
The Ensemble Theatre was founded in 1976 by the late George Hawkins to preserve African American artistic expression and to enlighten, entertain, and enrich a diverse community. Forty-one years later, the theatre has evolved from a touring company operating from the trunk of Mr. Hawkins’ car to being one of Houston’s finest historical cultural institutions.
The Ensemble is one of a few professional theatres in the region dedicated to the production of works portraying the African American experience. The oldest and largest professional African American theatre in the Southwest, it holds the distinction of being one of the nation’s largest African American theatres owning and operating its facility and producing in-house. Late Board President Emeritus Audrey Lawson led the capital campaign for The Ensemble’s $4.5 million building renovations that concluded in 1997. The Ensemble Theatre has fulfilled and surpassed the vision of its founder and continues to expand and create innovative programs to bring African American theatre to myriad audiences.
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