''J.ae :M 0 WmstaaSdJem Chrvmck Thursday, July 20, 1989
'Woza Albert!' set for festival
\\ hv p the black theater compa
nies pull mio town for the National
? r>!ack theatre Festival, New York's
acclaimed Crossroads Theatre Co.
Aili be among the groups unloading
? an> and preparing for rehearsals.
Hie company's associate pro
ducer said that nearly the entire
stall u ill make the trip to Winston
Salem and that excitement levels
are beginning to build.
There are yer> few opportuni
ties that Afro-American companies
have to gel together in the same
place at the same time and be reju
venated by seeing that they're not
alone in their endeavors," said Ken
Johnson. Crossroads' associate pro
ducer. "We'll see that we are a part
of a much larger effort to bring
Afro- American theater to the Afro
American community. It's an oppor
tunity for us to learn frojiv one
another." *
Crossroads was founded in
1978 by Kick Khan and L. Kenneth
Richardson. Mr. Khan said the com
pany was founded to spotlight a
new and different voice in the Afro
American community. In an inter
view with Essence magazine, Mr.
Khan said that he intended for the
company to offer America a differ
ent view ofblack America.
My feeling in the 60s was that
ours was a voice that white America
had nut heard or at least no listened
to," he said. "I felt that we were past
the era of being only political. In
addition to the politics of being
black, people needed to see the
weekends of being black."
Mr. Johnson said that one of
the biggest challenges currently fac
ing black theater in general is
attracting young people who are in
need of positive role models.
"Very few black communities
across the country have black the
ater companies," he said. HAs a
result, it is the young people that we
'need to cater to. They don't have
many positive role models."
Broadening the scope and
acceptance of black theater compa
nies, Mr. Johnson said, first will
entail tearing down some of the
misconceptions that have been
attached to black acting companies.
"If there is any myth, it's that
there is no Afro-American theater,"
he said. "I think the conference will
denounce that. There is a lot of vital
acting going on across the country,"
Mr. Johnson said that Cross
roads sees its role as a black theater
company as one of illustrator. It's
the theater's job, he said, to show
Afro-Americans where they have
come from, where they are and the
Crossroads Theatre Co. will perform "Woza Albert!" at the festi
val.
possibilities of where they can go.
"If what we do here docs not
serve the community and serve it in
such a way that helps them more on
the road to getting part of the Amer
ican dream and understanding more
?about where they came lrom then
w e haven't done our job," he said,
The company will perform
"Wo/.a Albert!" at the festival. The
play explores the impact of God's
return to South Africa. Mr. Johnson
said that "Wo/.a Albert!" is not a
heavy-handed look at South Africa
nor is it an intellectual commentary
on apartheid.
"It's more of a celebration of
the South African peoples than an
indictment of apartheid," said Mr.
Johnson. "It gives us some insights
as 10 what it's like to live in South
Africa under apartheid but the focus
is on what would happen if God
came to South Africa."
"Wo za Albert /" will be per
formed at the 1989 National Black
Theatre Festival Saturday, Aug. 19,
at 8 p.m. at Wake Forest Universi
ty
NCSA seeking talented minorities
The North Carolina School of the Arts is making a special effort to
reach talented minority students, including Afro-Americans and American
Indians, who are interested in training for careers in the performing arts. If
you know of someone who would like information about NCSA, please
write to:
Director of Admissions
North Carolina School of the Arts
200 Waughtown St., P.O. Box 12189
Winston-Salem, N.C. 27117-2189
The North Carolina School of the Arts is committed to equality of edu
cational opportunity and does not discriminate against applicants, students,
or employees based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or
handicap. Moreover, NCSA is open to people of all races and actively
seeks to promote racial integration by recruiting and enrolling a larger
number of minority students.
Under the Board of Governors' general Minority Presence Grant Pro
gram, Afro- American students may be eligible for special financial assis
tance if they are residents of North Carolina, enrolled for at least three
hours of degree-credit course work, and demonstrate financial need.
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School board passes plan From Page A1
enrolling their students in the ath
letics-free school. She suggested
thai the W-S/FC system might
consider such a concept.
She then addressed discipline.
"We would like to see our admin
istration do sonic" positive things
with children who arc disruptive
in the classroom. " She said such
students should not be lumped
together; instead, they should he
mixed with other students who
could provide positive influences.
Mrs. Allen's third concern
was the free reading program in
the elementary schools and how it
applies to black children in help
ing them to improve their reading
skills.
"In-order for a child to be able
to read freely, the child has got lo
read, and in order for a child to be
able to read you can't escape
teaching him the essentials," she
said.
She said working closely with
students at this 'level would show
up in improved scores on stan
dardized tests.
The central administrative
reorganization item on the agenda
passed unanimously and so quick
ly that two of the school board
members felt obligated to offer
the audience some explanation.
Dr. Gerald N. Hewitt said,
"Just for your information, this
matter has been discussed at
length." Mrs. Grogan added, "Yes,
at great length. Tonight's action is
just a formality."
Some members of the com
munity had expressed concern that
the plan was unfair to Dr. Barbara
Phillips, -an Afro-American assis
tant superintendent who was
moved laterally and bypassed for
promotion in favor of Dr. Fred
Adams, who was named interim
deputy superintendent for instruc
tion and to whom Dr. Phillips
must report , ,
On Monday no one voiced,
objection to Mr. Loble's recom
mendation which calls for nine
interim senior staff members -
two deputy superintendents and
seven assistant superintendents -
six of whom will earn salaries
higher than Dr. Phillips, a 30-year
veteran.
The plan had been approved
last week by the board's personnel
committee.
Along with Dr. Adams, Nel
son Jessup, interim deputy super
intendent for operations, >y>U
receive an annual salary 6f
$75,000. The interim assistant
superintendents, their assignments
and salaries are: Roland Doepner,
secondary education, $65,220;
A.C. Larrimore, auxiliary ser
vices, $62, 628; Douglas Carter,
exceptional education, $62,184;
Marcia Epstein, human services,
$60,048; Dr. Phillips, student ser
vices, $58,104; Annie Hairston,
elementary education, $56,580
and Kerry Crutchficld, financial
services, $57,01 2.,
The board als6 released fig
ures on the race and gender of the
county's principals and assistant
principals for 1988-89 and 1989
90.
The percentage of female and
minority assistant principals show
an increase for 1989-90 over
1988-89, but there were literally
no changes in the principal slots.
There were 34 male assistant
principals in 1988-89 and there
Two grants made to Theatre Art Galleries
Ihc Theatre Art Galleries, a
program of the High Point Arts
Council, has been awarded two
grants by the N.C. Arts Council to
underwrite costs of the third exhibit
in the Artists and Industry series
and the fourth exhibit of the Afro
American Artists Exhibition.
"Welcome to Sock City," open
ing on Aug. 31, will honor the
hosiery industry in High Point and
North Carolina with a pair of
exhibits. They will feature craft
artists making onc-of-a-kind works
of art incorporating socks, and the
industry component, which will
focus on designer sketches, samples
and finished socks.
The fourth in a series of the
Afro-American Artists Exhibition
will also present two concurrent
invitational exhibits. Works by pre
vious winners will be shown in one
gallery, and "new faces" of artists
who have never shown their works
in the Theatre Art Galleries will be
on display in the other gallery.
Greensboro artist Edward Hale,
who has worked with the Afro
American series from its inception,
will be guest curator for the project,
scheduled for early 1990.
Calling all artists From Page A8
people interested in selling their
handmade wares. An application
fee of SI 50 will provide a 10- by
1 0-foot space for both days of the
festival. Participants wiil he respon
sible for providing their own
canopies (sun cover), tables and
chairs. And spaces will be assigned
on a lirst-come, first-served basis.
Pictures arc to be submitted along
with the application for committee
review. The deadline for CraftSccne
applications is also Aug. 15.
Anyone wishing to participate
in one of the aforementioned area*
should send a postcard listing the
area of interest, their name, address
and medium to 305 W. Fourth St.
Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101.
Hope to sec you there for the
best Carolina StrcetScene ever!
Reggie Johnson is executivi
director of Urban Arts of the Art ?
Council Inc.
will be 35 in 1989-90. hut the per
centage will decrease from 49 lb
47 because the number of female
assistant principals increased from
36 to 39, upping the percent ape
from 51. to 53.
The number of majority assis
tant principals increased from 4X
to 49 (dropping from 69 to 66 per
cent) while the number of nnnori
ty assistant principals went from
22 to 25, increasing the percent
age from 3 1 to 34.
There were 39 male (71 per
eent) and 16 female (29 percent)
principals in 1988-89 and that
number wi II he the same tor
90. Likewise, the 40 majority (73
percent) and 15 minority (27 per
cent) of 1988:89 will remain
unchanged for 1989-90.
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