We Will Dream: New Works Festival

Join Art Equity for the screening premiere of Talking Back 2, a three-part web series engaging with Black creatives including playwrights, founding Artistic Directors, newly appointed leaders, and activists across the U.S., followed by a panel discussion and opportunities for dialogue with: Nissy Aya, Nicole Brewer, Mica Cole, Kelvin Dinkins, Jr., Aleshea Harris, Cloteal L. Horne, Lauren Turner Hines, Zell Williams and Josh Wilder.

A pre-show discussion featuring playwright Philana Omorotionmwan and an invited member from the community cover important themes that are present during The Defiance of Dandelions.

Philana Imade Omorotionmwan is writing to save her body and spirit from a world that seems hell-bent on destroying them. She sits down to share how her dream of premiering The Defiance of Dandelions became a reality.

Playwright Brian Egland and an invited member from the community cover important themes that are present during Where The Suga Still Sweet.

2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist Ericka Dickerson-Despenza speaks at the André Callioux Center for the We Will Dream: New Works Festival.

Hosted by Intimacy Coordinators of Color, the Global Majority Intimacy Director Reception is a gathering of stage and screen intimacy professionals, artists, educators, directors, and producers to connect, learn, and inspire. Keynote by Kaja Dunn.

Featuring monologues by HBCU college students. The HBCU Theatre Summit is for Black theatre students as they navigate the world of the arts.

Playwright Brian Egland, sits down to share how his dream of premiering Where The Suga Still Sweet became a reality.

Keynote speech delivered by actor Doug Spearman (Noah's Ark). The HBCU Theatre Summit is for Black theatre students as they navigate the world of the arts.

A pre-show discussion featuring playwright M.D. Schaffer and an invited member from the community as they cover important themes that are present during Drapetomania.

M.D. Schaffer (they/they) is a queer, non-Binary, African American writer born in Houston, Texas and currently residing in New York City. Their previous works include F***in’ Howard Phillips with the JaYo Theatre Company, Hotel On Fremont at The Lewis Center for the Arts, and A Rodeo Clown with the Obsidian Theatre Festival.

Hosted by Mark Caesar featuring the Glaspy Experience, the Black Film Festival of New Orleans (BFFNO) is a multi-day event designed to celebrate independent films and filmmakers. Through BFFNO, creatives have a home that advances African American cinema and cultivates local film and television in classic New Orleans style.