The Making of a Musical ...
The Window King
A Brooklyn Village Songbook
A Brooklyn Village Songbook
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............................... New neighbors * New music * JOIN LIVE GARRA THEATRE FOR A BLOCK PARTY BROOKLYN VILLAGE SONGBOOK STYLE Featuring songs from "The Window King" Sat., 9/16 (8 pm) & Sun., 9/17 (3 pm) The audience gets to see how a play becomes a musical; how the orchestration is created right before their eyes! Showcase presentations performed as staged readings, workshops, and musical revues! Silver Spring Black Box Theatre 8641 Colesville Rd ....................................... IT'S A FRIEND-RAISER! |
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"The Window King" is about a young African-American couple who decide not to bring a child into the world. Their modest Park Slope apartment in Brooklyn, NY turns into a free-for-all when an image appears on the window of what looks to be the Virgin Mary holding the Baby Jesus. The neighbors are captivated by the image. Crowds gather outside the brownstone and want to pray, sing and dance to the ‘Window King.’ Soon the hype is so widespread, the couple is swept up in this whirlwind of a spiritual spectacle.
Parental guidance is advised; this play contains adult themes and explicit content.
Parental guidance is advised; this play contains adult themes and explicit content.
DC Theater Arts - A resonant vision on view in ‘The Window King’ at Live Garra Theatre. Bless ji Jaja's engrossing new play prompted by a terminated pregnancy is both timeless and right on time.
By John Stoltenberg - November 14, 2022
The Window King is an engrossing new play prompted by a terminated pregnancy told in the context of a love relationship and a neighborhood community. Written by Bless ji Jaja and programmed by Live Garra Theatre prior to the devastating decision in Dobbs, The Window King pulses with a poignant originality that is both timeless and right on time.
By John Stoltenberg - November 14, 2022
The Window King is an engrossing new play prompted by a terminated pregnancy told in the context of a love relationship and a neighborhood community. Written by Bless ji Jaja and programmed by Live Garra Theatre prior to the devastating decision in Dobbs, The Window King pulses with a poignant originality that is both timeless and right on time.
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Welcome to Live Garra Theatre!
MISSION
Live Garra Theatre, Inc endeavors to employ the cultural arts to address universal social-life issues; illuminate all facets of a multicultural society; foster cross-cultural understanding of the many ethnic voices in the community; reinforce the value of diversity, and strengthen the social connections among people. The word "garra" literally means claws -- to hold on and to ‘live Garra’ (Portuguese for prevail) means to go the distance and never give up.
As a resident company of the Theatre Consortium of Silver Spring, the organization operates out of the Silver Spring Black Box Theatre as a performance training studio, an incubator for a core repertory of skilled poets, playwrights, and artists, as well as providing a 'safe harbor' for the youth. Live Garra Theatre aspires to fill the void of culturally specific Theatre, preserving the unique legacy of the African-American heritage and contributing to the survival of Black Theatre. Why Black Lives Matter ...
Live Garra Theatre, Inc endeavors to employ the cultural arts to address universal social-life issues; illuminate all facets of a multicultural society; foster cross-cultural understanding of the many ethnic voices in the community; reinforce the value of diversity, and strengthen the social connections among people. The word "garra" literally means claws -- to hold on and to ‘live Garra’ (Portuguese for prevail) means to go the distance and never give up.
As a resident company of the Theatre Consortium of Silver Spring, the organization operates out of the Silver Spring Black Box Theatre as a performance training studio, an incubator for a core repertory of skilled poets, playwrights, and artists, as well as providing a 'safe harbor' for the youth. Live Garra Theatre aspires to fill the void of culturally specific Theatre, preserving the unique legacy of the African-American heritage and contributing to the survival of Black Theatre. Why Black Lives Matter ...
About our Artistic Producer
Dr. Whiteside trained at the Boston Conservatory of Music, HB Actor's Studio and Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts in New York. She has performed professionally at the Olney Theatre Center, the Arena Stage and the Round House Theatre. She served as a judge for the NAACP Actso competitions and presenter at the University of Maryland Black Theatre Symposium on the state of Black Theatre in America. Wanda was employed at Discovery Communications, Inc. for 15 years as a Director/Editor. She and her husband owned and operated the Bonifant Theatre Space in Silver Spring, MD. Wanda earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts from Howard University, a Master of Science in Business Management, and received her Master and Doctorate of Education, both from Fielding Graduate University in 2023. Wanda is currently a faculty member at Montgomery College as an Acting instructor. Dr. Whiteside received an Honorable Citation from the Maryland State House of Delegates for her work with the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. and was awarded Montgomery’s Best Honoree community service award.
