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THE MOVEMENT THEATRE COMPANY
MISSION
The Movement Theatre Company [TMTC] is dedicated to developing new works by artists of color and
producing work that highlights both the collective and diverse human experience.
MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
Bintou by Kof Kwahul, translated by Chantal Bilodeau, directed by David Mendiz bal (North American
Premiere) - Harlem School of the Arts, 2010
Last Laugh by Eric Lockley, directed by Jonathan McCrory -TerraNOVA Collective SoloNOVA Festival, 2008
Jack written and directed by Daren Taylor - Strawberry One-Act Festival (Semi-Finalist), 2008
What Goes Around by Soneela Nankani, directed by David Mendiz bal - Strawberry One-Act Festival, 2008
WORKSHOPS
Blacken The Bubble by Eric Lockley, directed by Deena Selenow - Dixon Place, 2009
TOURING WORKS
Hope Speaks conceived and directed by Jonathan McCrory - National Black Theatre Festival, 2011 /
LaMama E.T.C., 2011 / Baltimore Museum of Art, 2010 / Duke Ellington School of the Arts,
2010 / NYU - Experimental Theatre Wing, 2010 / D.C. Black Theatre Festival, 2010
GO GREEN Tour featuring works from TMTC s GO GREEN Series - Western Connecticut State University,
2011
LADDER SERIES PROJECTS
Look Upon Our Lowliness by Harrison David Rivers, directed by David Mendiz bal - Leslie/Lohman Gay
Art Foundation, 2010
Black Boy & The War by Antoinette Nwandu, directed by Jesca Prudencio - Harlem School of the Arts,
2011
Excuse Me Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name Is... by Devere Rogers, directed by Cherrye J. Davis - Off-Off
Broadway Playhouse @ Roy Arias Studios, 2010
Traces of Eruptions conceived and directed by Jesca Prudencio - The White Box @ 440 Studios, 2010
Hope Speaks conceived and directed by Jonathan McCrory - Harlem School of the Arts, 2010
Black Tale by Patricia Ione Lloyd, directed by David Mendiz bal - Space on White, 2008
TMTC HARLEM NIGHTS EVENTS
Put it in a Love Song - Shrine World Music Venue, 2012
Wilson Revised - The Studio Museum in Harlem, 2011
Horror Nights - Maysles Cinema, 2011
Monologue Slam - Aloft Harlem W XYZ Lounge, 2011
GO GREEN EVENTS
Paper Free Plays In Day - La Plaza Cultural Community Garden, 2011
GO GREEN: Elements (How the Forces of Nature Play) - Le Petit Versailles Garden, 2010
No Rules, No Trash, No Paper - Dixon Place, 2009
READINGS/EVENTS:
T he Fisherman s Dream by Kristine Haruna Lee, directed by Jesca Prudencio - Tomo Yo: My Friend, A Bene t
for Japan - Joe s Pub, 2011
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THE MOVEMENT THEATRE COMPANY
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WHOA by Harrison David Rivers, directed by David Mendiz bal - Nou Se Zanmi, A Bene t for Haiti, Joe s
Pub, 2010
Moving Up/New Works conceived by Stacy O Neill & Antoinette Nwandu, NYU, 2010
- development series featuring new plays by Matthew-Lee Erlbach, Kevin R. Free, Larry Kunofsky,
Antoinette Nwandu, and Stacy O Neill
Elevator Reading Series Festival: Impact Of Change 2009
- sistahs by Harrison David Rivers, directed by David Mendiz bal, Space on White, 2009
- Breathless by Stacy Osei Kuffour, directed by Maya Sharpe, Space on White, 2009
- Cassius Sargent s Chicken Bones by Asher Wyndam, directed by Martin Wilkins, Space on White, 2009
Elevator Reading Series 2008
- we are misquoted texts... by Harrison David Rivers, directed by David Mendiz bal - Dixon Place, 2008
- Breach by Antoinette Nwandu, directed by Ashley Jones, Dixon Place, 2008
- Excellent Souls by Meny Beriro, directed by Geri-Nikole Love, Atlantic Theatre Studios, 2008
- Check Engine by Stacy O Neill, directed by David Mendiz bal - Dixon Place, 2008
AWARDS/NOMINATIONS
Art & Social Issues Award @ 4th Annual Harlem Arts Alliance Membership Celebration - for most
outstanding member in using the arts to articulate and bring attention to important social issues
Game Changer Award by The Common Good (thecommongood.org), 2011
AUDELCO Award Nomination: Best Leading Actress - Adenike Thomas, Bintou, 2010
AUDELCO Award Nomination: Best Supporting Actress - Zainab Jah, Bintou, 2010
AUDELCO Award Nomination: Best Supporting Actor - Willie Teacher, Bintou, 2010
GRANTS
Left Tilt Fund, 2011
The Nancy Quinn Fund, a project of A.R.T./New York, 2010 & 2011
The Etant donn s: The French-American Fund for the Performing Arts, a program of FACE, 2010
Ben & Jerry s Foundation, 2010
Puf n Foundation, 2010
Harlem Arts Alliance - Harlem Community Arts Fund, 2010 & 2011
NOTABLE PRESS
The Movement Theatre Company Aims to Rede ne Theatre Interview by Souleo - Rolling Out Magazine &
RollingOut.com, Thursday, January 12, 2012
Hope Speaks Review by Martin Denton - NYTheatre.com, April 2, 2011
Bewitching Girl, Bewildered Clan, Colliding Wills - Bintou Review by Ken Jaworowski - The New York Times,
July 5, 2010
Bintou Review by Ben Trawick-Smith - NYTheatre.com, June 25, 2010
Bintou Review by Cindy Pierre - Backstage.com, July 2, 2010
Mermaid in Manhattan: Going Green GO GREEN Review - Too Shy to Stop, May 6, 2009
Blacken the Bubble Bursts a Bubble Review by Melissa Kimbler - Too Shy To Stop, April 14, 2009
Last Night at soloNOVA by Daniel Lehman - Backstage BLOGStage, June 19, 2008
Last Laugh Review by Martin Denton - NYTheatre.com, June 18, 2008
Street Theater by Andrea Appleton - The Tribeca Trib, October 1, 2007
60 W. 129th Street #4C, New York, NY 10027 *******************@*****.***
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