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Welcome! This year the Anthony Bean Community Theater and Acting School celebrates15 years of excellence in the performing arts.

The Anthony Bean Community Theater (ABCT) was established in Spring 2000 to meet the growing demands of New Orleans area residents seeking a quality, culturally diverse, performing arts venue. The theater also met the needs of individuals seeking to learn the art of acting, set design and theatre management. In recent years, ABCT has become a vehicle to enter New Orleans' booming "Hollywood South" film industry.

ABCT is unique in that it is not only a major theater production company, but a year-round, open enrollment acting school serving both adults and children with an eclectic group of courses designed to meet the basic needs of individuals seeking careers in stage and screen acting, set design and theatre management.

ABCT believes that the arts have the power to transform people's lives. Our Mission is simple: "to inspire those we serve through the magic of the arts." The Hallmark of ABCT and that which separates us from "all the rest" is - diversity. ABCT proudly presents the most diverse theater schedule in the New Orleans area. Our programing fare includes, the classics; Shakespeare, August Wilson and Tennessee Williams as well as popular drama (Reflections and Misery), comedy (Jar the Floor, Steal Away), and musicals (The Color Purple, Simply Irma and The Phyllis Hyman Story). Most importantly, ABCT mounts original plays such as I'd Rather Be Rich and Say Amen, and showcases our talented kids in perennial favorites: Cats, The Wiz, High School Musical and 504.

The goal of the ABCT Acting School is to provide an intense, high quality learning and performing opportunity in an atmosphere where young people are encouraged to set goals, take risks and view mistakes as an avenue for learning. ABCT opens students up to the greatness that lies within them and creates an awareness that the Arts are a constructive vehicle of personal expression.

Anthony Bean Community Theater boasts a full professional portfolio including video DVD Productions and an ABCT clothing line. In addition to children and adult acting classes, ABCT offers a youth theater, an after-school program, and the Anthony Bean Community Theater City Choir. During the summer months, working in conjunction with the New Orleans Recreation Department Commission - ABCT also operates a summer day camp.

We at ABCT wish to express our sincere gratitude for your ongoing support over the past 15 years and we urge you to purchase your PASS for the upcoming season. Thank you for your ongoing support. We look forward to seeing you at our next production.

Come and celebrate our Anniversary and you will agree.

"ABCT IS MORE THAN THEATER

IT'S CULTURE!"

Anthony Bean

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Directed by Anthony Bean, Choreography is by Ieasha Prime, Scenic design by John Grimsley, lighting design by Lyn F. Caliva, and costumes by Wanda (Ms. B) Bryant.

Written by Ntozake Shange, the Tony Award-nominated and Obie Award-winning play weaves lush movement and graceful verse into a truly stirring portrait of seven amazing black women trapped in their sex, color, and environment. Each womans journey is unique, yet each seamlessly blends with the stories of the other six women to form one, united voice of pride and power. The play, which premiered on Broadway in 1976, was the inspiration for Tyler Perrys recent film For Colored Girls.

Choreography is by Ieasha Prime, who also recreates a role she played on Broadway. Finding the role remains potent, timely, and emotionally charged, Mrs. Prime is happy to revive it in June under the courageous yet sensitive direction of Anthony Bean. Mrs. Prime originally performed this controversial theater piece under the direction of the Tony award winning director & choreographer George Faison. This time Ieasha is the choreographer. Prime intends to breathe new life into the dance and movement of this choreopoem. "The dance of the piece is so fueled by the rhythmic eloquence of Shange's language, it is a joy to recreate for a New Orleans audience", says Prime.

Also starring veterans of ABCT stage. Donna King plays Green, Sheleta Burke-Manuel plays Brown, Dorshena M. Pittman as Purple, Giselle Nakhid as Orange, Lauren Channell as Yellow, and Toya T Church Thomas as Red. Bean adds a distinctly ABCT touch in the form of the Colored Girls Chorus, which uses contemporary music to highlight the moods and themes. Colored Girl Chorus includes Asia Nelson, Leah Rouege and Reggina Thompson.

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