NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: THE ANOINTED at The Fire This Time Festival A Black Same Gender Loving Theater Play Limited Engagement: February 4th

QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"

"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."

- Fred Wilson

"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."

- N. Abdul-Wakil

"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."

- Dredlocks Tree

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

THE ANOINTED at The Fire This Time Festival
A Black Same Gender Loving Theater Play
Limited Engagement: February 4th - 7th, 2010
NYC

THE ANOINTED

Synopsis: Set in a surreal church office, Germono Toussaint's THE ANOINTED tells the story of a well known pastor on the cusp of making a big revelation to his church, well, until at least he unexpectedly gets a visit from his past.

Thursday through Sunday Run:
FEBRUARY 4th (Thu), 5th (Fri), 6th (Sat), 2010 @ 8PM;
FEBRUARY 6th (Sat) & 7th (Sun) @ 2PM
THE ANOINTED at The Fire This Time Festival Horse Trade Theater
85 East 4th Street (between Bowery and 2nd Avenue) in the East Village

LIMITED ENGAGEMENT: Buy tickets in advance.

Amid the diffusion of the term “post black black,” seven up-and-coming playwrights of African descent including Deborah Asiimwe, Radha Blank, Kelley Girod, Katori Hall, Derek Lee McPhatter, Germono Toussaint, and Pia Wilson have come together at a festival showcasing new short plays. Germono is an Underground Studio Artist at Freedom Train Productions. THE ANOINTED CREDITS: Horse Trade Theater (Producer), Freedom Train Productions (Artistic Producer), Andre Lancaster (Stage Director), Terell Richardson (Assistant Director), and Travis M. Allen and Ronald De Suze (Actors). Germono Toussaint is an Underground Studio Artist at Freedom Train Productions.