#Shirley Jo Finney

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Antonio Velardo shares: Shirley Jo Finney, 74, Dies; Addressed the Black Experience Onstage by Richard Sandomir

By Richard Sandomir After an acting career that included playing the Olympic sprinter Wilma Rudolph in a TV movie, she became known as a director for her work at regional theaters. Published: November 13, 2023 at 05:10PM from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/2uCn7P0 via IFTTT

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I found this on NewsBreak: Shirley Jo Finney, Theater Director and ‘Wilma’ Star, Dies at 74

I found this on NewsBreak: Shirley Jo Finney, Theater Director and ‘Wilma’ Star, Dies at 74

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Inspirational Quote from Track and Field Legend Wilma Rudolph for #MothersDay (LISTEN)

Inspirational Quote from Track and Field Legend Wilma Rudolph for #MothersDay (LISTEN)

[Wilma Rudolph and her parents Ed and Blanche Rudolph as they rode in a parade after Olympic victory in Rome. Rudolph agreed to participate only if the event was desegregated. This was the first desegregated public event in Clarksville, Tennessee. Photo credit: Bob Ray via https://digital.library.nashville.org/digital/collection/nr/id/2227/] by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) On Mother’s…

[blackonbroadway]

Listen to a snippet of the play “Stick Play” by Lydia R. Diamond. In this powerful comedy-drama, sensitive ‘Spoon’ LeVay and his brother, Flip, see their weekend at the family home on Martha’s Vineyard as a perfect opportunity to introduce their girlfriends to their upper class African-American parents. Instead, they stumble into a domestic powder keg that exposes secrets of prejudice, hypocrisy, and adultery. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in November of 2007.

Cast: Justine Bateman as Kimber Davies, Dulé Hill as Kent 'Spoon' LeVay, Tinashe Kajese as Cheryl Washington, Carl Lumbly as Joseph LeVay, Terrell Tilford as Flip LeVay, and Michole Briana White as Taylor Bradley Scott 

Directed by Shirley Jo Finney

[whileiamdying]

Waiting to be punished for his part in Becket's murder, King Henry II re-lives his deeply felt relationship with the saint, once his dearest friend and partner in unbridled decadence. His catastrophic mistake? To appoint Becket Archbishop―for Becket finds his allegiance shifting from king and country to God and Church. Translated by Lucienne Hill. Adapted for radio by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in November of 2004. Directed by Shirley Jo Finney Asher Book as Young Monk/Ensemble Kevin Daniels as Baron 4/Ensemble Kenneth Danziger as Baron 2/Ensemble Jean Gilpin as Gwendolyn/Queen Mother Alan Mandell as Archbishop of Canterbury/Pope Charlie Matthes as Ensemble Tim Monsion as Baron 3/Cardinal Zambelli/Ensemble Denis O'Hare as Thomas Becket Jennifer Rau as Saxon Peasant/Young Queen Simon Templeman as Henry II John Vickery as Gilbert Folliot Douglas Weston as Bishop of York/Baron 1/King Louis Gregory Wooddell as Ensemble

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Tonite. Let theater heal. This #emmetttill story is being told on 65th anniversary of his lynching. One of most powerful plays I've ever seen! More timely than ever!!🔥🔥 #Repost @iamricoanderson Today's #blacklivesmatter movement is a continued response to all that has been happening, how Black people have continuously been treated. It's important to understand the truth of ALL history, hear and understand the stories that are told and the things that are said..and in this and many other cases, not tell us to just "get over it" or justify your chosen limited thoughts and feelings with comparisons, not doing your research and educating yourself. This is one story out of an unfortunate many many many!! I encourage you to watch this one-of-a-kind experience I had the honor of being a part of a second time in this version, in this day and time. August 28th marks the 65th Anniversary of Emmett Till's murder, and the 57th Anniversary of the March on Washington. Join us as we bring back the original cast and director from our landmark LA premiere of THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL by Ifa Bayeza for a special pay-per-view online performance done like never before!!. ✊🏿 FRI Aug 28 @ 4pm PST Tickets on sale now!! Link is in my bio ✊🏿 www.fountaintheatre.com Live theater is still one of the heaviest hit during this pandemic and needs your continued patronage to stay afloat. PLEASE SUPPORT!! Starring Bernard K. Addison · Rico E. Anderson Lorenz Arnell · Adenrele Ojo · Karen Malina White. @leojo3 @bernardaddison @karenmalinawhite @iamricoanderson @lorenzarnell Directed by Shirley Jo Finney. "In order to empathize with someone’s experience, you must be willing to believe them as they see it, and not how you imagine their experience to be." ~Brené Brown #theatre #emmetttill #blacklives #blm #blackhistory #history #americanhistory #america #racism #defundthepolice #blackholocaust #holocaust #emancipation #freedom #policereform #ahmaudarbery #breannataylor #georgefloyd #trayvonmartin #educateyourself #whiteprivilege #justiceforgeorgefloyd #justiceforbreonnataylor #justiceforahmaud #justiceforemmetttill #justiceforelijahmcclain #jacobblake @fountaintheatre https://www.instagram.com/p/CEb88JQJFTS/?igshid=cdeqn4vqryb3

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UCLA TFT FILM FESTIVAL Elevate Conversations with Jayonegla Wilder and Honoree Shirley Jo Finney

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Let’s not forget ‘director extraordinaire’ Shirley Jo Finney of @theplayprof’s new work ‘mamalogues’#utblackstudies #thewaytofly #ourstoriesourvoice #soar

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Shirley Jo Finney and Cicely Tyson in the TV movie, “Wilma” (1977).

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Fountain Theatre earns 3 NAACP Theatre Award nominations for 'Runaway Home'

Fountain Theatre earns 3 NAACP Theatre Award nominations for ‘Runaway Home’

Maya Lynne Robinson and Karen Malina White, Runaway Home, 2017.

The Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Branch this week announced its nominees for the 28th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards.  The nominating committee is one year behind in its honoring process, only now selecting theatre productions opening January 2017 through December 2017. 

The Fountain Theatre’s acclaimed 2017 Los Angeles Premiere of Run…

[whileiamdying]

Waiting to be punished for his part in Becket's murder, King Henry II re-lives his deeply felt relationship with the saint, once his dearest friend and partner in unbridled decadence. His catastrophic mistake? To appoint Becket Archbishop―for Becket finds his allegiance shifting from king and country to God and Church. Translated by Lucienne Hill. Adapted for radio by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in November of 2004. Directed by Shirley Jo Finney Asher Book as Young Monk/Ensemble Kevin Daniels as Baron 4/Ensemble Kenneth Danziger as Baron 2/Ensemble Jean Gilpin as Gwendolyn/Queen Mother Alan Mandell as Archbishop of Canterbury/Pope Charlie Matthes as Ensemble Tim Monsion as Baron 3/Cardinal Zambelli/Ensemble Denis O'Hare as Thomas Becket Jennifer Rau as Saxon Peasant/Young Queen Simon Templeman as Henry II John Vickery as Gilbert Folliot Douglas Weston as Bishop of York/Baron 1/King Louis Gregory Wooddell as Ensemble