Discover the power and intimacy of the solo play with this series of three shows centering and celebrating Black artists and their voices through theatrical storytelling. Each show consists of three, 30-minute world premieres, created by Black writers, written for actors of color, and brought to life by directors Wardell Julius Clark, Candis C. Jones, and Colette Robert on the Front Lawn of the ‘62 Center for Theatre and Dance. Guest curated by Tony Award-nominated director and playwright Robert O’Hara.

The nine solo plays that comprise Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays are Williamstown Theatre Festival commissions, supported by WTF's New Play and Musical Commissioning Program.

Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays

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CELEBRATING THE BLACK RADICAL IMAGINATION - Sharina Martin - Photography by Joseph OMalley and R Masseo Davis

CELEBRATING THE BLACK RADICAL IMAGINATION - Antwayn Hopper - Photography by Joseph OMalley and R Masseo Davis

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Naomi Lorrain in Mark It Down, Photography by Joseph O'Malley and R. Masseo Davis

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Ronald Peet in The Last......(A Work in Progress), Photography by Joseph O'Malley and R. Masseo Davis

Rosalyn Coleman in THE MASTER'S TOOLS, Photography by Joseph O'Malley and R. Masseo Davis

Ronald Peet in CELEBRATING THE BLACK RADICAL IMAGINATION: NINE SOLO PLAYS, Photography by Joseph O'Malley and R. Masseo Davis

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The Clark’s reflecting pool becomes the stage for this uplifting world premiere musical that interrogates the resilience, fear, and ambition inside one individual (Grace McLean) as she aims to be the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic. Inspired by A Pearl in the Storm by Tori Murden McClure, with a book by Daniel Goldstein, music and lyrics by Dawn Landes, and directed by Tyne Rafaeli, Row exposes you to the elements endured by an extraordinary woman undeterred by the odds.

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Cast of ROW, Photography by Joseph OMalley and R. Masseo Davis

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Horace V. Rogers, Andy Grotelueschen, Mariana Ramirez, Micaela Diamond & Grace McLean in ROW, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

The Cast of ROW in ROW, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Jeanette Bayardelle, Lisa Brescia & Jennifer Sánchez in ROW, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Jeannette Bayardelle in ROW, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

John McGinty & Micaela Diamond in ROW, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Lisa Brescia in ROW, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Micaela Diamond & Grace McLean in ROW, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Micaela Diamond & Zachary Noah Piser in ROW, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Micaela Diamond in ROW, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Nehal Joshi in ROW, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Nehal Joshi, Grace McLean & John McGinty in ROW, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

From Tony Award-nominated director Michael Arden and the company of The Forest of Arden comes an immersive world premiere theatrical experience that takes you on a journey throughout Williamstown, revealing unexpected surprises around you and within you. Choose to experience this completely unique site-specific performance by foot or by car, and plunge yourself into the center of stories inspired by real events that took place in Western Massachusetts in 1969. Devised in collaboration with writers Jen Silverman and Eric Berryman and featuring members of WTF’s COMMUNITY WORKS program, ALIEN/NATION engages all of your senses for a theatre experience unlike any other.

Commissioned and Originally Produced by Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA in July of 2021 Mandy Greenfield, Artistic Director in association with The Forest of Arden, Inc.

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Christopher Hampton Grant & Lauren Yalango-Grant in ALIEN NATION, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Eriko Jimbo in ALIEN NATION, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Jaime Lee Rodney & Debbie Warnock in ALIEN NATION, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Julian Abelskamp in ALIEN NATION, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Lauren Yalango-Grant & Christopher Hampton Grant in ALIEN NATION, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Lauren Yalango-Grant in ALIEN NATION, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Lauren Yalango-Grant, Christopher Hampton Grant & the Cast of ALIEN NATION in ALIEN NATION, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Matthew Alexander Johnson & the Cast of ALIEN NATION in ALIEN NATION, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Matthew Alexander Johnson in ALIEN NATION, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Nancy Trzcinski in ALIEN NATION, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Nikki M. James & Julian Abelskamp in ALIEN NATION, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

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Nikki M. James in ALIEN NATION, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Nikki M. James, Christopher Hampton Grant & Lauren Yalango-Grant in ALIEN NATION, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Oluwatobiloba Adeyemo in ALIEN NATION, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

Renni Magee & Cody Hayman in ALIEN NATION, Photography by Joseph O'Malley & R. Masseo Davis

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