Presents
By Jeanne Madison
Directed by Jimmie Woody
After a sold-out run in the theatre’s popular annual new play development series Test Flight in 2023, performances are selling out
for the show’s full run! Advance ticket purchases are highly recommended.
Description:
On the eve of their daughter's cotillion, the Hopegoodes, an affluent African American family in Cleveland, see their plans for the perfect debutante ball collide with a Black Lives Matter protest. As the protest gets nearer, secrets and competing desires
get shaken loose, tearing at the fabric of the family, challenging what, exactly, it is to be Black.
ENSEMBLE: Ashley Aquilla, Drew Pope,
Tamicka Scruggs, Makayla Smith, Darryl Tatum
CREATIVE PRODUCTION TEAM
Director:
Jimmie Woody
Producer: Raymond Bobgan
Line Producer: Kadijah Wingo
Scenic Designer: Richard Morris
Costume Designer & Props Designer:
Mia Jones
Sound Designer: Vince Tyree
Lighting Designer: TL Codella
Free Bev Friday – Every Friday night at CPT is Free Bev Friday when a selection of free
beverages is served after the performance.
Ticket And Show Information
Tickets for
Showin’ Up Black
can be purchased
at
www.cptonline.org through the theater’s Choose-What-You-Pay
option which allows patrons to pay what they’d like with no handling fees.
Check out a preview of the show from Channel 5
here. For more information and interviews with the playwright click
here.
The
Gordon Square Theatre is ADA-compliant featuring a patron elevator and an all-gender, wheelchair accessible restroom.