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A Message from the Director of the Program,
Dr. Lundeana M. Thomas

Welcome!

We appreciate your interest in African American Theatre and our Program.  We are excited to offer Louisville audiences the chance to see an array of classic and cutting edge African American performances.
  We offer an incredibly unique opportunity for students to study African American Theatre; its history, literature, aesthetics as well as the crafts of acting and directing.  Here you will learn training not only for William Shakespeare and Tony Kushner but also August Wilson, Pearl Cleage and Wole Soyinka.

Join us for our 2012-2013 Performances!

Shakin' the Mess outta Misery By Shay Youngblood Directed by Lundeana Thomas       September 26-30 at The Thrust Theatre

The Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration     January 21 at The Thrust Theatre

Once on This Island By Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty Directed by Nefertiti Burton       January 30-February 3 at The Playhouse

The African American Theatre Program Mission

Founded in 1993, the African American Theatre Program is committed to staging works by new and established African American dramatists, developing a broad audience for African American theatre, and offering an in-depth curriculum that focuses on the theory and craft of acting, directing, and designing for Black Theatre.

AATP students have had the chance to see, work with, and learn from such industry luminaries and legends:

Cicely Tyson, Glynn Turman, Woodie King Jr., Larry Leon Hamlin, Myrna Colley-Lee, Delroy Lindo, Judi Ann Mason, Paul Tazwell, Joyce Sylvester, Felix Cochren, Shirley Pendergast, Dr. Tonea Stewart, Clinton Turner Davis, Dr. Barbara Ann Teer, Hattie Winston, Kathryn Ervin, John O'Neal, Paul Carter Harrison, Dr. Daryl Harris, Starletta DuPois, Rod Gailes, Michelle Wilson, Shauneille Perry, Jacque Edmonds-Cofer, Victoria Norman Brown, Dr. Daniel Banks, Jerry B. Cleveland, Dr. Floyd Gaffney, Darryl Goodner, Gregory Horton, Dr. Barbara J. Molette, Dr. Carlton W. Molette, Dr. Mikell Pinkney, Marvin l. Sims, Dr. Victor Leo Walker II, Dr. Charles Veraren, Dr. Kathy Perkins, Dr. Vernell Lillie

Steal Away	Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters	The Orphan of Chao
By Ramona King Performed at the National Black Theatre Festival  in Winston-Salem, North Carolina	By John Steptoe and Karen Abbot Performed in Xiamen, China	By Chi Chun-Hsing African American Adaptation Performed in Louisville, Kentucky