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The Magnificent Dunbar Hotel has been invited to the National Black Theatre Festival!!!
From the first preview on November 20, 2014 through closing December 28, 2014 the show was sold out every night INCLUDING the 7 added performances!
The play was a hit in LA. And what was not to like?
Twenty very talented actors. A Powerful Story written by Levy Lee Simon and directed by Robey's Co-Founder Ben Guillory. Music. Laughter. History. An imaginative story about real people told with passion, panache and unforgettable performances!
Come with us back to the 30s and 40s on Central Avenue in L.A., where jazz was the music of the day. Sunshine and palm trees, cruising on Central Avenue with ease, where Paul Robeson, The Duke, Ivie Anderson, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne performed your favorite songs, and intellectuals like W.E.B. Du Bois debated the politics going on, and where everyday folk felt right at home. Where was this place you might ask? This place to be, that had all that pizzazz, all that jazz? Well, do tell, do tell. Come with us back to The Magnificent Dunbar Hotel!!!
Now we get to share that story with the world at the 2015 National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The National Black Theatre Festival attracts visitors from around the Black Diaspora. Held biennially, the NBTF attracts more than 65,000 people during the six-day event. The 2015 National Black Theatre Festival will be held in Winston-Salem, NC, August 3 - 8. Festival highlights will include the Opening Night Gala, Celebrity Receptions, Readers' Theatre of New Works, National Black Film Fest, Midnight Poetry Jam, NBTF Fringe, Artists Networking Showcase, Workshops and Seminars and 35 Black theatre companies from across the country and abroad offering over 100 performances.
Robey's critically acclaimed play, "The Magnificent Dunbar Hotel" has been invited to perform. Thanks in advance for helping us Share Our Story with thousands from around the world!
Your Generous Donation will go towards:
Airfare for the Cast and Crew - $16,000
Per Diem (i.e. Food "per day" for cast and crew) - $5,000
Shipping of costumes and props - $5,000
Local GroundTravel - $2,000
Images from Selected Scenes and Dunbar Songs Fundraiser - June 20, 2015
Here's what YOU get by donating $100 or more!!!!
For L.A. Residents-
Invite to an exclusive staged reading of selected scenes and songs at the actual DUNBAR Hotel which is still standing on Central Avenue in L.A.!
For donors outside of L.A.-
Dunbar Gift Package including a T-Shirt, Button, and Souvenir Postcard! Thanks on The Robey Theatre Company FB page!
Read the L.A. Times Review!!!!
Chek out the blog!!!!
The DUNBAR Cast
The DUNBAR Crew:
Production Stage Manager-Janean Jeffries
Set and Lighting Designer-Micheal D. Ricks
Costume Designer-Naila Aladdin Sanders
Costume Dresser-Melanie Powell
Music Supervisors-Michael McTaggart & Cydney Davis
Additional Music-Kevin Toney
Multimedia Design-Harold Sylvester
Choreographer-Kellie Dantzler
Photographer-Tomoko Matsushita
The DUNBAR Journalists, Newsmakers and Shakers
Doug Jewell
Tiffany Coty
Dwain Perry
Elizabeth June
Rhonda Stubbins White
The DUNBAR Hotel Hospitality staff
Cydney Wayne Davis
Julio Hanson
Ashlee Olivia
Petal d'Avril Walker
Sammie Wayne IV
Jason Mimms
Vanja Renee
Jah Shams
Melvin Ishmael Johnson
Kem Saunders as Boxing Champ JACK JOHNSON
Tommy Hicks as Dr. W.E.B. Du BOIS
Jovan Adepo as REVEREND RUSSELL with Petal d'Avril Walker as ALMENA LOMAX
Eddie Goines as Music Legend DUKE ELLINGTON pictured with Tiffany Coty
From the first preview on November 20, 2014 through closing December 28, 2014 the show was sold out every night INCLUDING the 7 added performances!
The play was a hit in LA. And what was not to like?
Twenty very talented actors. A Powerful Story written by Levy Lee Simon and directed by Robey's Co-Founder Ben Guillory. Music. Laughter. History. An imaginative story about real people told with passion, panache and unforgettable performances!
Come with us back to the 30s and 40s on Central Avenue in L.A., where jazz was the music of the day. Sunshine and palm trees, cruising on Central Avenue with ease, where Paul Robeson, The Duke, Ivie Anderson, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne performed your favorite songs, and intellectuals like W.E.B. Du Bois debated the politics going on, and where everyday folk felt right at home. Where was this place you might ask? This place to be, that had all that pizzazz, all that jazz? Well, do tell, do tell. Come with us back to The Magnificent Dunbar Hotel!!!
Now we get to share that story with the world at the 2015 National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The National Black Theatre Festival attracts visitors from around the Black Diaspora. Held biennially, the NBTF attracts more than 65,000 people during the six-day event. The 2015 National Black Theatre Festival will be held in Winston-Salem, NC, August 3 - 8. Festival highlights will include the Opening Night Gala, Celebrity Receptions, Readers' Theatre of New Works, National Black Film Fest, Midnight Poetry Jam, NBTF Fringe, Artists Networking Showcase, Workshops and Seminars and 35 Black theatre companies from across the country and abroad offering over 100 performances.
Robey's critically acclaimed play, "The Magnificent Dunbar Hotel" has been invited to perform. Thanks in advance for helping us Share Our Story with thousands from around the world!
Your Generous Donation will go towards:
Airfare for the Cast and Crew - $16,000
Per Diem (i.e. Food "per day" for cast and crew) - $5,000
Shipping of costumes and props - $5,000
Local GroundTravel - $2,000
Images from Selected Scenes and Dunbar Songs Fundraiser - June 20, 2015
Here's what YOU get by donating $100 or more!!!!
For L.A. Residents-
Invite to an exclusive staged reading of selected scenes and songs at the actual DUNBAR Hotel which is still standing on Central Avenue in L.A.!
For donors outside of L.A.-
Dunbar Gift Package including a T-Shirt, Button, and Souvenir Postcard! Thanks on The Robey Theatre Company FB page!
Read the L.A. Times Review!!!!
Chek out the blog!!!!
The DUNBAR CastThe DUNBAR Crew:
Production Stage Manager-Janean Jeffries
Set and Lighting Designer-Micheal D. Ricks
Costume Designer-Naila Aladdin Sanders
Costume Dresser-Melanie Powell
Music Supervisors-Michael McTaggart & Cydney Davis
Additional Music-Kevin Toney
Multimedia Design-Harold Sylvester
Choreographer-Kellie Dantzler
Photographer-Tomoko Matsushita
The DUNBAR Journalists, Newsmakers and ShakersDoug JewellTiffany CotyDwain PerryElizabeth JuneRhonda Stubbins WhiteThe DUNBAR Hotel Hospitality staffCydney Wayne DavisJulio HansonAshlee OliviaPetal d'Avril WalkerSammie Wayne IVJason MimmsVanja Renee Jah ShamsMelvin Ishmael JohnsonKem Saunders as Boxing Champ JACK JOHNSONTommy Hicks as Dr. W.E.B. Du BOIS
Jovan Adepo as REVEREND RUSSELL with Petal d'Avril Walker as ALMENA LOMAXEddie Goines as Music Legend DUKE ELLINGTON pictured with Tiffany Coty
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