THE PLAY

THE STORY Seven dead Black men confront life, love, death, and the systems that killed them in a direct audience address. Incorporating spoken word, dance, and red nose clowning, Black Magic explores the paradox of the African American experience: how we can disappear and still be here, forever.       Concept Art by Owen […]

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THE TEAM

TONY JENKINS (Co-Director/Playwright) is an actor, playwright, spoken word poet and director from Winston Salem. He has travelled with his writing throughout his home state and to national stages as a keynote presenter at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the NAACP, the North Carolina Arts Council and the National at Risk Educators Conference, to name […]

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PRESS

*Winner of FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award: Overall Play http://www.playbill.com/article/fringenyc-announces-overall-excellence-award-winners “From that question, Jenkins added, ‘came an outpouring of love and fierce reclamation.  At times the play feels like a ritual, a haunting.  At times, a celebration of life. Always an open invitation to mourn and laugh and stand with us.’” https://www.uncsa.edu/news/20170726-black-magic-play.aspx “Some of theatre’s most beautiful […]

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