2020 DC Black Theatre & Arts Festival; a Multidisciplinary Arts Festival celebrating extraordinary stories from around the world.  We have partnered this year with some of the most incredible artists and organizations, to make 2020 the most incredible festival yet.

Join us as

We Reshape & Redefine The Way We do ART!

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Dr. Rebecca Dupas, a Louisiana native, is an educator and recent doctoral graduate.

Rebecca is also a photographer, 'artrepreneur’ and award-winning poet whose writing, performance, and contribution to the poetry community has been recognized in Philadelphia, Baltimore and beyond.

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Erica J. is a triple threat in the entertainment industry. She is a singer, dancer, actress and producer. Founded of Healing Out Loud Theatre Productions.  She has tackled the music industry, as well as the poetry scene. Join her as she reads from her first book - Luv Bug.

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Born and raised in the Bronx, New York, Aziza M attended Music & Arts High School in Harlem where she majored in vocal studies. Aziza is also a singer, songwriter where she sets out to create intimate landscapes, where she connects and shares her vision with the audience.

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Sunflower Seeds: Conversations Overheard is a one-man play told in two scenes between two men who are vastly different, or are they? In the rich tradition of the unsung classic The Colored Museum, Sunflower Seeds: Conversations Overheard looks to blend elements of hip-hop and the Twilight Zone. Actor W. Ellington Felton serves as both griot, emcee, and channels the elements of Blues and Hip-Hop in an unflinching look at what happens to music when those who make it have lost their way, or have they?

Written by: Stephen A. Crockett Jr. and W.Ellington Felton

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Campaign 72 is one woman theatrical production, which explores the first African American Shirley Chisholm woman candidate for Democratic presidential nomination United States campaign amongst racial tension in 1972.

Written by: Odell B. Ruffin and staring Dominique Brown as Shirley Chisholm

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Brave Soul Collective (BSC) is a Washington, DC based multi-disciplinary arts, education, and HIV/AIDS outreach organization working to illuminate the lives of LGBTQIA people of color through the performing and healing arts. BSC aims to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS, by serving as a platform for open and honest discussion about prevention, stigma, and personal responsibility.

In addition to our stand alone productions, community discussions, and artist features, BSC regularly performs and presents workshops at HIV/AIDS conferences, as well as various LGBTQIA Pride, & community events.

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Micah Powell is a writer, orator, poet, DJ, and community activist. Though a native of the DC area, he has traveled extensively with his work with the arts, outreach, and community building. Despite barely breaking 30, Micah Powell has been an influential voice all over the country for over 15 years.

He has captivated audiences with his colorful combination of words and music, intriguing monologues about civil rights, passionate pleas for peace as well as, his respect and appreciation for black women. Micah is a true charismatic duality of the sane and insane. His eccentric nature entraps audiences to listen and just maybe, feel a little something...

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Project Create envisions a community in which all children and youth, particularly those affected by homelessness and poverty, have access to high-quality arts education in order to improve their lives and their communities.

Project Create provides accessible arts education to promote positive development in children, youth and families experiencing homelessness and poverty.

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Neiori Willingham is Senior in the visual arts department at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. She specializes in digital art, fine arts and photography. She is the creator of art brand SKI creating one of a kind merch with her art pieces. Her personal art projects also include graphic prints, commissioned fine art & digital pieces as well as Crowned with Curls, digital graphic novel, a coming of age personal account of self love and acceptance through trial & error on her natural hair journey. For more info about her art. Follow her on Instagram @ih4rtski

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Keiona Clark is an artist, entrepreneur and a curator based in the Washington, DC metro area.  Clark is Founder and CEO of the DMV League of Artists; her passion is to align with similar minds and network to build a force in the creative community through fostering relationships and creating fellowship with an extraordinary league of creative souls. Keiona has not only proven herself to be a force in the “Art” of business; she is also an Artist/ Creative inspired by her love for all things involving creativity.

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