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Auditions! OrigiNation’s IMANI, Jr & Aleye Boyz Troupe!

This is the annual audition for girls for IMANI Jr. (ages 7-11) and Aleye Boyz Troupe (ages 7-13).  These companies are a part of OrigiNation’s Professional Dance Division. This audition will consist of a boot camp-style warm-up. Students will learn short hip-hop, modern, and African dance routines. Girls should come with their hair in a […]

Auditions! OrigiNation’s Girlz of IMANI

This is the annual audition for Girlz of IMANI, which is part of OrigiNation’s Professional Dance Division. This audition is for girls ages 12-14 and will consist of a boot camp-style warm-up. Girls will learn short hip-hop, modern, and African dance routines. Girls should come with their hair in a bun, wear black biker shorts […]

August Wilson’s SEVEN GUITARS (BlackOut)

We’re pleased to announce that the BlackOut performance for Seven Guitars is now on-sale, a first in Actors’ Shakespeare Project history. This performance is for audience members of the African Diaspora, to create an experience often not possible with the predominantly white audiences at Boston theatres. The performance will be held on Sunday, February 19 […]

Power of Skirts FREE Performance

We invite you to join us in celebrating the wisdom and healing power of nature through storytelling, dance, drums, and a community performance to heal hearts.    “Power of Skirts” performance in choreographic development and “Natureza” a demonstration of the BPL Brazilian Dance Class Series Live Music: Joh Camara, Sory Diabate, Kenny Kozol, and Sandra Sabino […]

Chicken & Biscuits

Fresh from the Porch, the hilarious and heartwarming, Chicken & Biscuits is a raucous family comedy.  The story begins when the Jenkins family reunites to bury their father — hopefully without killing each other in the process.  Any hopes for a peaceful reunion unravel when family secrets are revealed! 

Living a Triggered Life Podcast Live at The Museum of Science

The Museum of Science is proud to welcome back the  Triggered Project with an all-new live taping of the #2 rated Black Marriage Podcast on the Web  by Feedspot Living a Triggered Life podcast. Created and hosted by Keith Mascoll (SAG-AFTRA, AEA) and Roxann Mascoll (MSW LICSW), this groundbreaking podcast asks the question: “how do you navigate […]

The Play That Goes Wrong

“Break a leg!” takes on a whole new meaning for a woefully misguided troupe of players at the Cornley University Society’s opening night performance of The Murder at Haversham Manor. An unconscious leading lady, a corpse who can’t play dead, a ruffled detective, and a word-mangling butler (among others) must battle against technical gaffes, forgotten lines, […]

Twist & Shout! An Evening of Dance, Spoken Word & Music

Tickets are now on sale for Twist & Shout! An Evening of Dance, Spoken Word, and Music to Benefit the OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center on Saturday, October 22, 2022. Tickets range from $50 to $100 (VIP)*. This event will be our first IN-PERSON gala in TWO YEARS! We are so excited to be back at the Calderwood Pavilion […]

Flawed and Whole

A one-woman show, written and performed by a local Dorchester activist. It looks at what it means to be white and anti-racist. Through storytelling, movement, unanswerable questions, and french fries, Flawed and Whole is one white woman grappling with self acceptance and racial identity, while trying to be the best ally and accomplice possible. Performed […]

Fabulation or, The Re-Education of Undine

Success. Love. Fabulous wardrobe. Undine has it all. Until her husband steals her hard-earned fortune, sending her tumbling down the social ladder. Pregnant and penniless, with life unraveling at every turn, Undine is forced to return home to Brooklyn and the family she left behind, in a complicated new reality. In this satirical comedy by […]

Def Poetry Reunion

Danny Simmons is bringing together the original cast of Def Poetry Jam for a Special Def Poetry Reunion on Saturday July 30th at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center, from 6:30pm – 9:30pm. This epic evening of creativity features Tony, Peabody, and Emmy Award-winning spoken word artist Black Ice, along with nationally known artists Ursula […]

Pass Over

The play that reopened Broadway in 2021, now on stage in Western Massachusetts.