The Wallis and Black Rebirth Collective’s Co-Production.of A THEATRICAL CELEBRATION OF BLACK WOMEN’S LIBERATION A JUNETEENTH WORLD PREMIERE Available for on-demand streaming from Saturday, June 19 through Sunday, July 4, 2021 Filmed inside The Wallis’ Lovelace Studio Theater Artwork.by.Jacqui.Smith.. The Wallis and Black Rebirth Collective’s Co-Production.of A THEATRICAL CELEBRATION OF BLACK WOMEN’S LIBERATION A.VIRTUAL.PERFORMANCE.FEATURING.ONE-ACT.PLAYS: White-N-Luscious by.Jocelyn.Bioh Madness by.Stacy.Osei-Kuffour Jezelle the Gazelle by.Dominique.Morisseau G.O.A.T. by.Ngozi.Anyanwu STARRING Kelly.M..Jenrette,.Makha.Mthembu,.Candace.Thomas,.Jonah.Wharton FEATURING.MUSICIAN.Katherine.Washington VIDEO PRODUCTION DIRECTOR OF LIGHTING DESIGN PXT.STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY Pablo.Santiago-Brandwein Jason.H..Thompson MUSIC COMPOSITION David.Coe.Lamoureux PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Shawna.Voragen* CO-DIRECTED BY Kimberly.Hébert.and.Camille.Jenkins A JUNETEENTH WORLD PREMIERE AVAILABLE FOR ON-DEMAND STREAMING FROM SATURDAY, JUNE 19 THROUGH SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2021 Filmed.inside.the.Lovelace.Studio.Theater Running Time: Approximately 55 minutes with no intermission. ABOUT THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR’S NOTE CAST OF CHARACTERS JUNETEENTH IS THE G.O.A.T. OLDEST KNOWN Bonita.............................................Kelly.M..Jenrette* CELEBRATION Row.............................................. Candace. Thomas* COMMEMORATING THE Jay................................................. Makha.Mthembu* ENDING OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES.. Madness On.June.19,.1865,.two.and. Girl......................................................... Kelly.M..Jenrette a.half.years.after.President. Mister........................................................Jonah.Wharton* Lincoln’s.Emancipation. Proclamation,.Union.soldiers. Jezelle the Gazelle led.by.Major.General.Gordon. Jezelle.................................................... Candace. Thomas Granger,.rode.into.Galveston,. Texas,.with.news.that.the. Civil.War.had.ended.and. White-N-Luscious slaves.in.Texas.were.free.. Isha.........................................................Kelly. M.. Jenrette Richard......................................................Jonah. Wharton “With new interest and Tiwa......................................................... Makha.Mthembu. vigor, the country has been engaging in conversations MUSICIAN and celebrations about this nationally forgotten moment Violinist.and.Vocalist.....................Katherine. Washington° in our collective history. The Wallis and Black Rebirth Collective have joined together MUSICIAN CREDIT to introduce to some and celebrate with many the “Unmasked.Theme”..........................David.Coe.Lamoureux triumphant spirit of this day through these plays by four *The.noted.actors.and.stage.managers.employed.in.this.production.are.members. of.Actors’.Equity.Association,.the.union.of.professional.actors.and.stage.managers. extraordinary Black female in.the.United.States.. playwrights. Dominique Morisseau, Jocelyn Bioh, °TThe.musician.in.this.production.is.represented.by.the.American.Federation. Ngozi Anyanwu, and Stacy of.Musicians. Osei-Kuffour reclaim the Black female perspective in American Theatre, and we celebrate the liberation of their voices.”. -.Unmasked.Co-directors. Kimberly.Hébert.&. Camille.Jenkins. P3 ABOUT THE ARTISTS KIMBERLY HÉBERT Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Her Good Grief won the Inaugural CTG/Humanitas (co-director) is a combination of television writing credits include “She’s Gotta Award, had its world premiere at the CTG/Kirk undeniable humor, clarity, Have It,” “Russian Doll,” “AMERICANAH,” and the Douglas Theatre in the 2016/17 season, was listed intelligence and strength, upcoming fi lm adaptation of Once on This Island in the 2016 annual Kilroy’s List, and was a semi- known best from her roles in for Disney. fi nalist for the Princess a Grace. Her work, NIKE, HBO’s “Vice Principals,” ABC’s was recently presented as part of the National “Kevin Probably Saves the DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU Black Theatre’s Keep Soul Alive Monday Reading World,” “Better Call Saul,” “Two and Half Men,” and (playwright) is the author of Series The NewBlack Fest in conjunction with The “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” She starred in two shows at The Detroit Project (a three-play Lark Playwrighting Development Center. An The Geffen Playhouse, Barbecue and By the Way cycle) which includes the excerpt of her work, The Homecoming Queen, was Meet Vera Stark, earning her an NAACP award for following plays: Skeleton Crew presented as part of The Fire This Time’s Inaugural’s the former. Hébert has a host of New York theatre (Atlantic Theater Company), Writers group. and most recently had a plays with Drama Desk and Lucille Lortell Paradise Blue (Signature workshopped reading that was presented at Yale nominations to her credit. She holds two degrees, a Theatre), and Detroit ’67 (Public Theater, Classical with Page 73 for its summer residency. The BA in Psychology from Mount Holyoke College and Theatre of Harlem and NBT). Additional plays Homecoming Queen had its world premiere at The a Masters in Clinical Social Work from The include: Pipeline (Lincoln Center Theatre), Sunset Atlantic Theatre in the 2017/18 season and was a University of Chicago. She is an advocate for Baby (LAByrinth Theatre); Blood at the Root Leah Ryan Finalist. Anyanwu is also a recipient of families and special needs children, and a voice for (National Black Theatre) and Follow Me To Nellie’s the Djerassi Artist Residency, The New York Stage mental health services in underserved (Premiere Stages). She is also the Tony Award- and Film founders Award as well as Space on Ryder communities, as well as an actor, a thinker, an nominated book writer on the new Broadway Farm and the LCT playwrights residency. advocate, a mother, and a friend. musical Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations (Imperial Theatre). Morisseau is an STACY OSEI-KUFFOUR CAMILLE JENKINS alumna of The Public Theater Emerging Writer’s (playwright), born and raised in (co-director) is a producer, Group, Women’s Project Lab, and Lark Chicago, Illinois, is a BFA director, writer, and teaching Playwrights Workshop and has developed work graduate from NYU, where she artist whose work lives at the at Sundance Lab, Williamstown Theatre Festival, studied acting, and an MFA crossroads of multi-medium and Eugene O’Neil Playwrights Conference. She graduate from Hunter College, exploration, historical most recently served as co-producer on the where she studied playwriting. introspection, environmental Showtime series “Shameless” (three seasons). She is a writer and actress. Previous writing work connection, and personal refl ection. Select credits Additional awards include Spirit of Detroit Award, includes: “PEN15” (Hulu), “WATCHMEN” (HBO), include Unmasked: A Theatrical Celebration of Black PoNY Fellowship, Sky-Cooper Prize, TEER “The Power” (Amazon), “SOLOS” (Amazon) and “The Women’s Liberation (The Wallis and Black Rebirth Trailblazer Award, Steinberg Playwright Award, Morning Show” (Apple TV+). Stacy’s newest play, Collective) co-director and producer; The Goddesses Audelco Awards, NBFT August Wilson Playwriting ANIMALS, recorded through Williamstown Theater Guide: Adura for the Women of African Diaspora Award, Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama, OBIE Festival (due to COVID) is currently available on (Hollywood Fringe Festival) writer, director, Award (2), Ford Foundation Art of Change Audible. Her goal as an artist is to bring untold producer; Spoken Perceptions: Interactive Poetry Fellowship, Variety’s Women of Impact for 2017- stories to the stage and screen, stories that Showcase (Non-Fiction Gallery) producer and 18, and a recent MacArthur Genius Grant Fellow. challenge our political, societal, and stereotypical director; and Mama Metal (IAMA Theatre Company) views of the Black experience. associate producer. Jenkins earned a BFA in NGOZI ANYANWU Performing Arts and a MA in Arts Administration at (playwright) is an overall KELLY M. JENRETTE Savannah College of Art and Design. Currently she Renaissance woman. She was (Bonita, Isha, and Girl) a native is the Programming Manager at the Wallis trained at University of of Atlanta, now resides in Los Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in California San Diego’s MFA Angeles with her husband, Beverly Hills. acting program, Point Park Melvin Jackson Jr., and is proud University (B.A, Acting) The to be one of the founding JOCELYN BIOH (playwright) Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Barrington Stage, members of and Playwright in is a Ghanaian-American writer Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, and The Mark Taper Residence for Black Rebirth Collective. In 2018, she and performer from New York Forum. Among her TV credits are “Limitless,” and her husband became the fi rst African American City. Bioh’s plays include the “Deadbeat,” “The Affair,” “Law and Order SVU,” married couple to be nominated for Emmys® in the multi-award-winning School “Mysteries of Laura,” and the HBO show “The same year. Jenrette’s Emmy® nomination was for Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Deuce.” She served as a National Black Theatre her portrayal of Annie in Season 2, Episode 4 of Play which debuted Off Producing Fellow and Associate Artistic Producer of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” She recently wrapped Broadway at MCC Theater in 2017 and has gone Now Africa’s Playwrights Festival. She is also on production on a spinoff show for The CW’s hit show on to have over 20 productions throughout the the literary committee