The Fire This Time

by 99 Seats

Back when I talked about the inaugural New Black Fest, I noted the low attendance from non-minority theatre-makers. Immediately, the pushback came: "We didn't know about it! How could we come without an invitation?!? What are we, mind-readers?"

So here's your invitation.

Horse Trade Theater Group (Erez Ziv, Managing Director, Heidi Grumelot, Artistic Director) will present THE FIRE THIS TIME FESTIVAL, a platform for talented early-career playwrights of African-American descent to explore new voices, styles and challenging new directions for 21st century performing arts, and move beyond common ideas of what is possible in "black theater."

The line-up is stone-cold awesome with new work from some of my favorite writers and people, including Marcus Gardley, Radha Blank, Jesse Cameron Alick and Dominique Morisseau. Oh, and a panel on diversity on Jan. 17th, featuring yours truly. So if you want to come out and call me names in person, maybe throw some rotten fruit, this is your opportunity.

Am I gonna see you there? Isn't diversity a two-way street?