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LIBERATION THEATRE AND BLACKBOARD PLAYS TO PREMIERE

NEW WORK BY LIZ MORGAN, CAMILLE DARBY and MORE as a part of
THE CELL’S THIRD ANNUAL C.MORE FESTIVAL

Nancy Manocherian’s the cell (Artistic Director Kira Simring) in Chelsea,

New York City has partnered with Liberation Theatre Company and Black-
board Plays to produce five new play readings as a part of the cell’s annual
C.MORE Festival.

Liberation Theatre Company will present readings of Our Father by Liz

Morgan directed by Mary Hodges on March 18th at 2:30PM, From Out Be-
yond My Shame by Shawn Nabors directed by Christopher Burris on
March 23rd at 7:30PM, Restless Native by Germaine Auguste Netzband
(Director TBD) on March 25th at 2:30PM, and Quarters, Halves, and the
Whole by Nathaniel Blake Johnson directed by Paul Edwards on March
28th at 7:30PM. These readings are of original plays created during the in-
augural year of Liberation Theatre Company's Writing Residency Program.
Tickets for these events are free.

Blackboard Plays will present a workshop reading of Queen Nanny by Ca-

mille Darby directed by Miranda D. Haymon on March 19th at 7:30PM.
Tickets for this event are also free.

Since it’s inception in 2016, the C.MORE festival has provided playwrights
and theatremakers of color the opportunity to present work that they are
passionate about and create visibility for underrepresented narratives.
This year, the cell has granted two companies that have been making im-
mense strides in telling these stories, funding and materials to present their
work. Past C.MORE presentations have included a workshop production
of The Year of the Bicycle by Joanna Evans, In the Southern Breeze by
Jireh Breon Holder, Shoppin’ for N.I.G.G.A.S by Garlia Cornelia, The
Marks You Leave by Tyler Andrew Jones, Lovely Send Anywhere by
Douglas J.Cohen, and Lambs to Slaughter by Khalil Kain.

the cell (Founding Artistic Director Nancy Manocherian and Artistic Direc-
tor Kira Simring) is a non-for-profit organization dedicated to the incubation
and presentation of new works by emerging artists. Founded in 2006, the
cell has produced over a dozen critically acclaimed world premiere produc-
tions of new plays and musicals over the past 10 years including Sam’s
Room, Bastard Jones, Crackskull Row, Hard Times: An American Musical
and more. The cell also features the jazz @ the cell series and has served
as a home base for a large community of resident artists and organizations
such as Blackboard Reading Series, Artists Without Walls (AWOW), Irish
American Writers and Artists (AWOW), Sybarite5, Tribeca New Music, and
New York Theatre Barn.

Liberation Theatre Company (Founder and Producing Artistic Director

Sandra A. Daley, Associate Producers Spencer Scott Barros and Bernard
J. Tarver) is a home for creative emerging black playwrights, providing re-
sources to develop their work, nurturing and inviting them to express them-
selves in a supportive and focused environment. LTC brings together ac-
tors, directors, and playwrights to allow playwrights the room to learn and
grow, culminating in their finest work, ready for production.

Blackboard Plays (Artistic Director Garlia Cornelia, Co-Curator Ayo

Oneké Cummings and Almeria Campbell) is devoted to Black playwrights
throughout the African Diaspora. Since 2008, Blackboard has presented
readings every second Sunday of the month at the cell our home in Chel-
sea where they have been incubated as a resident series.

For tickets and more information go to www.thecelltheatre.org

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