CLASSIX Collective

The AUDELCO and Obie Award-winning Billie Holiday Theatre is artistic anchor to the largest African American community in the nation: Central Brooklyn and one of the last remaining theaters forged in the aesthetic and sociocultural kiln of America’s Civil Rights/Black Arts Movements. Founded in May 1972, The Billie Holiday Theatre is a beacon for world class art rooted in racial justice in the heart of Bed-Stuy: producing, presenting, and commissioning new and classic works and festivals in theater, dance, music, visual arts, and film; providing artistic and institutional residencies; and serving ages 3 to 103 with educational programming. For bold and daring artists and audiences from around the corner and around the world who look to The Billie as a rigorous artistic space that tackles racial injustices, presents new and unapologetic voices, and imagines a world where all people can flourish...welcome home.

The Billie Holiday Theatre

A staged reading of works by celebrated playwrights Amiri Baraka and Aishah Rahman.

Black Narrative Theater Series

The Billie continues to celebrate the power of Black storytelling with the launch of its new bi-annual series presenting three days of performances, readings and conversations that give voice to the African American experience.

The Billie presents a staged reading of works by celebrated playwrights Amiri Baraka and Aishah Rahman to be presented in partnership with the <a href="https://www.theclassix.org/" title="https://www.theclassix.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CLASSIX Collective</a> - a collective of five theater artists created in 2017 by director Awoye Timpo to explore Black performance history and dramatic works by Black writers.Baraka’s Dutchman and Rahman’s The Lady and The Tramp will be performed in dialogue with one another, revealing the violence that sits underneath the surface of Black American life. Directed by Dominique Rider. The cast includes <a href="https://www.instagram.com/starr_kirkland/" title="https://www.instagram.com/starr_kirkland/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Starr Kirkland</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/leslie.fray/" title="https://www.instagram.com/leslie.fray/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Leslie Fray</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/amarajamesaja/" title="https://www.instagram.com/amarajamesaja/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Amara James Aja</a>.**All Actors Equity Association Members

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