2011 Shows

Written by:  Shepsu Aakhu – Resident Playwright

Directed by: Andrea J. Dymond – Resident Director

Atwood School for Boys--an ivy covered paradise tucked away in the rolling hills of Wisconsin.  Quinn finds himself “alone with white people” for the first time in his life. 

The challenges of isolation and racial tension greet him as he begins to navigate this new world. 

But in the Ghost of Atwood, deeper questions erupt as Quinn discovers that there are far greater dangers lurching in the hallowed halls of the Academy.

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Hosted by: Carla Stillwell

That’s “jam,” and not “slam,” because a "jam" is a virtual love fest. Poets present their art in a non-competitive environment without fear or ridicule. Come underground and share the experience.

Fridays @ 10:30pm

 The Greenhouse Theatre Center

2257 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago

Tickets Only $10

Feb. 5th - African Dance
Feb. 12th - Modern Dance
Feb. 19th - Hip Hop
Feb. 26th - Mixed Night (All Dance Styles)

Tickets are: $7 for students and $10 for adults

We're preforming on the stage of the Jeff Recommended "Ghosts of Atwood" in the Greenhouse Theatre @ 2257 Lincoln Ave. All shows begin @ 10:30pm

JOIN US AS WE SHOWCASE CHICAGO'S MOST TALENTED DANCERS!!!!!

Written by:  Keith Josef Adkins

Directed by: Carla Stillwell – Resident Director

The family real estate business just gets tougher with the deteriorating economy. There are properties to maintain, addicts to evict, and family egos to manage. Napoleon Pedigrew works hard to preserve his rough and tumble reputation as a business mogul, but soon learns his sons Dexter and Z do not share his methods of persuasion. With the most lucrative real estate deal of their lives looming, how long can a father’s controlling grasp fuel the family business?

The Last Saint on Sugar Hill explores gentrification and  family loyalty, and bodes the question…Who really pays the price for progress?

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KEITH JOSEF ADKINS is a playwright and screenwriter.  His plays include THE FINAL DAYS OF NEGRO-VILLE, a commission  from ACT in Seattle, THE DANGEROUS, a commission from The Public Theater,  SAFE HOUSE, a commission honoring August Wilson from the Alliance Theater  (Goodman Theater New Stages), FAREWELL MISS COTTON (Black Dahlia Theater – Los Angeles), PITBULLS, (Bay Area Playwrights Festival- Honorable Mention), HOLLIS MUGLEY’S ONLY WISH (NYC Hip Hop Theater Festival), COBRA NECK (Humana Festival), ON THE HILLS OF BLACK AMERICA, among others.

His awards include a 2010 Gateway commission from the Obie Awardwinning Epic Theatre, a 2010 A Contemporary Theatre/Hansberry Project Commission, a 2009 New Professional Theater Playwright Award, a 2008 Kesselring Fellowship nomination, Richard Sherwood Distinguished Emerging Theater Artist Award, a Van Lier Fellowship with NYTW, and a Sloan Science Foundation Playwriting Grant. Keith has been published in Humana Festival 2003 – The Complete Plays, Playscripts, and The Best Women’s Stage Monologues 2005.

Keith worked as a writer on the CW hit comedy GIRLFRIENDS. His feature script THE DISAPPEARING is in development with SimonSays Entertainment (2010 Sundance’s Night Catches Us with Anthony Mackie).

He has blogged on culture and the arts for TheRoot.com and has made radio appearances on NPR, BBC Worldservice Radio, among others.  Keith is also co-artistic director of The New Black Fest, a festival of new and provocative works from the Diaspora. Slated for October 2010.

Tickets are $10

She Thinks She Grown By Shannon Matesky

Friday August 26th @ 10:30pm

This story is a journey of a young girls womanhood. What does being a woman mean in the context of the world? She asks this watching how womanhood is presented in the world around her through her mother, aunts, media and society. She's searching for the role she is expected to fill and how to properly fit into a woman's shoes. She Thinks She Grown, but is she really? Or just a child trapped in a woman's body?

 Jamericanadian By Kevin Douglas**

 Saturday August 27th @ 11pm

Written and Performed by Kevin Douglas

Costume Design by Kevin Douglas**

Set design by Kevin Douglas**

Lighting by Kevin Douglas**

Sound Design by Kevin Douglas**

Props by Kevin Douglas**

 Edited by Tamberla Perry**

Jamericanadian is a funny look inside the mind of a Canadian born, Jamaican raised, naturalized American Citizen . . . and other things that shouldn't make sense. If you saw the show the first time you're welcome. The second time will be bigger, better, and . . . Jamericanadian--er.

**Denotes Company Member

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$10 Single Pass

A Brown Tale: The Da Da Revisited By James T Alfred

A comedic narrative about an African-American male that examines life in the projects, romance within the Black Church tradition, and working in the inner-city public school system.

Friday August 26th @ 7:30pm,

Saturday August 27th @ 5pm and 9pm

Sunday August 28th @ 2:30pm

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      MPAACT will be touring Carla Stillwell's mega-hit show Tad in 5th City in the fall of 2011 and the winter of 2012! '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.

      MPAACT also offers the spoken word show Blaq Market Monolougues and Scenes and a host of Master workshops and classes.

      To book a performance at your college or community center contact Executive Director Reginald Lawrence at lawrence@mpaact.org

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Previews: September 16th - 24th

Opening: Sunday, September 25th @ 3pm

Closes: Sunday October, 30th

Showing every Thursday, Friday and Saturday @ 8pm, Sundays @ 3pm

The Greenhouse Theater Center 2257 N. Lincoln Ave.

Written By: Shepsu Aakhu***  Directed By: Andrea J. Diamond*

Culled from hours of interviews Speaking In Tongues: The Chronicles of Babel explores the oral histories of an extended family living in Chicago’s now demolished Washington Park housing project. Three generations come together to chronicle the complex story of their lives, the life of their building, and the impact of this uniquely American social experiment. Speaking In Tongues is not a fictionalized account of the urban poor. Utilizing a documentary style of staging, this play endeavors to preserve the authentic voices of a population that is seldom allowed to speak for itself in the American conversation.

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***Denotes Founding Member

*Denotes Resident Artist

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$12 Single Pass

$20 Weekend Pass

$80 Premium Pass (includes all shows)

$7 With Speaking In Tongues: Tower of Babel ticket stub (same day only).

All Shows Start At 11pm (except Sept. 28)

The Greenhouse Theater Center 2257 N. Lincoln Ave.

Friday Oct 28

Kristin E. Ellis - Slaying your Goliath

Have you let fear creep into your life and stop you dead in your tracks? Are you tired of your Goliath ruling your world? Then today is the day where you will slay your Goliath and send him back into the hell he belongs in. Through this anointed teaching we will identify: Who and what Goliath is, and how the biblical story of David and Goliath can in fact inspire us to slay our giants.

 Saturday Oct 29

John Steven Crowley - Searching for Love in the B.A.B.B.U.* - A Musical Journey

What the hell is it all about…life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. From the Womb to the Tomb. It is the one singular thing we all have in common. The Journey, the Quest, the Search for … LOVE … One man’s odyssey. Searching for Love in the B.A.B.B.U.* (*Big Ass Bad Beautiful Universe)

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