DC: New play, "Something Borrowed, Something Blue", BSC Member Debuts New Script Sunday May 30th! Options

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“Something Borrowed, Something Blue” at Warehouse Theater

African-American Collective Theater Debuts New Play

The first June following D.C.’s legalization of same-sex marriage, two young black men encounter unexpected twists and turns along their bumpy road to the altar, in “Something Borrowed, Something Blue.”

Local actors Monte J. Wolfe, David Lamont Wilson, Donald Burch III, David Richardson, Kendell Lee, Sampson, Kris Broadway and Jason Evan Barrett are featured as, for the twelfth consecutive year, African-American Collective Theater (ACT) unveils a new gay-themed play in observance of D.C. Black Pride Weekend.

Sunday, May 30, 2010, ACT mounts the staged reading of the new drama by ACT founder/artistic director Alan Sharpe, as this year’s offering in an event that has become a Memorial Day weekend ritual for D.C. residents and visitors in town to celebrate the holiday and D.C. Black Pride. It continues a tradition, begun back in 1992 and inspired by the very first D.C. Black Pride celebration, which was held the previous year.

According to founder, Alan Sharpe, ACT’s annual event is a fundraiser for the production company’s various theater and film projects supporting its mission to “…showcase contemporary BLGBT life and culture, promote visibility and raise awareness of issues facing our community.”

This year’s performances, at 5:30 and 8 p.m., will once again be presented at the Warehouse Theater, which is currently undergoing renovations. The original entrance is now a restaurant, The Passenger. During construction, the entrance for theatrical performances has been moved around the corner to 645 New York Avenue, N.W., one block away from the D.C. Convention Center where D.C. Black Pride’s “LEGACY FESTIVAL AND WELLNESS EXPO” is being held earlier that afternoon.

A limited number of tickets are available at $15. For additional ticket, performance, and venue information, e-mail asharpebgm@msn.com, or call 202-745-3662.