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Technical rehearsals without the Actors present
Dry Tech
Who wrote the infamous "A Raisin in the Sun"
Lorraine Hansberry
"You ain't taking that piano out of my house"
The Piano Lesson
This fashion icon became the first gay Black man to be nominated and win in any lead acting category at the Primetime Emmys, for his role in Pose.
Billy Porter
The executive producer of the hit show "Abbott Elementary"
Quinta Brunson
This person is responsible for designing, recording, and playing all music and sound effects used in a production.
Sound Designers
What was August Wilson's first Broadway show?
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1984)
"And you, and you, and you, you're gonna love me"
Dreamgirls
This director won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for his first feature film "Get Out"
Jordan Peele
Chadwick Boseman's last performance was in this movie adaptation of this play.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
A curtain that frames the top of the stage and can mask the electrics
Teaser
How many plays written by African-Americans have won the Tony Award for Best Play?
5 Plays
“I’m poor, black, I might even be ugly, but dear God, I’m here. I’m here.”
The Color Purple (1985)
The first Black actress to have been nominated for Best Actress more than once
Viola Davis
How many seasons did the classic sitcom "Martin" have
5
Where the light and sound board operators work during the run of the show.
Tech Booth (Sound & Lighting Booth)
In what year does August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean take place?
1904
"As long as you're in my house you put a "sir" on the end of it when you talk to me"
Fences
The only African-American woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress.
Halle Berry
Idris Elba portrays a struggling father of three daughters in this Tyler Perry movie.
Daddy's Little Girls
Stage floor between the front edge of the stage and the front curtain.
Apron
This play explores the plight of women during the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Ruined by Lynn Nottage
"Just 'cause you can lay down and open your legs to a man don't make you a woman"
King Hedley II
In 2005, this actor won Best Actor for his portrayal of Ray Charles
Jamie Foxx
Laurence Fishburne is one of the three black actors to portray this Shakespearean figure
Othello