2010 Shows

FIRST WORDS

Written by:  Aaron Carter

Directed by: Chuck Smith

MPAACT’s new production paints a rare picture of autism in the African American community. FIRST WORDS explores how hope can distort our perceptions of reality.  Barbara is desperate to communicate with her autistic son. In spite of her husband’s objections, she secretly begins expensive, untested therapy. It may cost her the family she is fighting to keep together.  The production features Scott Baity Jr., Lauren Malara, Andre Teamer and Tina Marie Wright.

TAD IN 5^TH CITY

Written by:  Carla Stillwell adapted from the poetry of Orron Kenyatta

Directed by: Carla Stillwell

TAD IN 5th CITY walks us through the journey of young Tad Brown and his family. But this is just as much the story of a neighborhood, as it festers under the weight of poverty, gang violence and addiction in the aftermath of the ’68 Chicago riots. 

The production features: David Goodloe, Shayla Jarvis, Eddie Jordan III*, Sidney Miller, Andre Teamer*, introducing Destin L. Teamer and Sati Word*

Written by:  Alonzo LaMont

Directed by: Chuck Smith – Resident Director

Teenage internet sensations, “The Blow-Up Sistas” decide to kidnap the black power advocate Jersey Jack Black from prison.   The Sistas, their male cohort, and Jersey Jack Black all fall victim to a series of uncontrollable seizures Zulu Fits. 

Zulu Fits appear to be connected to an enigmatic past and an uncertain future.  When the The Sistas reach Jersey Jack Black his past, their present and the mystery of Zulu Fits all converge and forge a new fiction for those with a revolutionary spirit.