Common Ground Theatre

Schedule of Upcoming Events

Monday, September 27, 2010 6-9pm
Third Annual “This Is Gaffney” Fundraiser

Friday, December 3, 2010 - Sunday, December 19, 2010
Black Nativity by Langston Hughes
Black Nativity, music and lyrics by Langston Hughes and Jobe Huntley, recounts the birth, suffering, death and redemption of Christ as told in Biblical stories from both Old and New Testaments. The story is glorious, humble and very spectacular told through musical selections from traditional to up-tempo contemporary. It was first performed on Broadway on December 11, 1961, and was one of the first plays written by an African-American to do so.

Friday, February 4, 2011 Sunday, February 20, 2011
A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller
Common Ground commemorates the 30th anniversary of The Negro Ensemble Company's Off-Broadway production of A Soldier's Play. It originally opened November 20,1981 and ran for 468 performances. While it is about the investigation of a murder, A Soldier's Play is not a murder mystery in the strictest sense. It is the story of a murder investigation in a segregated Louisiana Army camp, where one man exposes the devastating effects of racism and self-hatred. This powerful, Pulitzer prize winning drama of World War II era explores the history of America's legacy of racism.

Friday, April 22 - Sunday, May 8, 2011
Taxi Dance by Joe Powers World Premiere
Taxi Dance is an offbeat love story painted on the backdrop of what was once a beautiful dime-a-dance hall; now a forlorn palace where men can rent a dancer for thirty-five cents a minute – plus tips. Gone with its beauty is its heart. It's a place where broken dreams meet, converse, play themselves out and then return to that receptacle of yearning – that place in the back of the mind or heart where they can remain until the next time it is safe to air them out. On this particular night Betty's life flashes before her and she finds herself perplexed and frightened. She looks to her younger counterpart for redemption only to find frustration. As the night unfolds Betty looks for a way back to her dreams and her once youthful hope and passion. Ultimately she learns that even though dreams do not always come true . . . there is always hope and of course – tomorrow.