Ashley D. Kelley and the company of Bella; photo by Joan Marcus
In the Studio: Bella
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Robert O'Hara
Playwrights Horizons: Bootycandy (writer and director), Bella: An American Tall Tale (director). He has received the NAACP Best Director Award, the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play, two Obie Awards, and the Oppenheimer Award. He directed the world premieres of Nikkole Salter and Danai Gurira’s In the Continuum, Tarell McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays (Part 2), Colman Domingo’s Wild With Happy, as well as his own plays, Bootycandy and Insurrection: Holding History. He has also written Zombie: The American (Wooly Mammoth) and Barbecue (The Public Theater).
(as of 10/24/17)
Camille A Brown
Playwrights debut. Broadway: A Streetcar Named Desire, upcoming Once on This Island. Off Broadway: Cabin in the Sky and tick, tick…BOOM! (Encores!); The Fortress of Solitude (The Public, Lortel nomination). Regional: Stagger Lee, The Fortress of Solitude (Dallas Theater Center); The Winter's Tale (Shakespeare, McCarter Theatres). Company: Camille A. Brown & Dancers. Awards: 2016 Princess Grace Statue Award, 2016 Jacob’s Pillow Award, 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship, 2016 Bessie Nomination (BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play), 2015 USA Fellow, 2015 Doris Duke Artist Award, 2015 TED Fellow, 2014 Bessie Award (Mr. TOL E. RAncE). camilleabrown.org.
(as of 5/8/17)
Reviews“★★★★ Critic’s Pick. Impossible to ignore. Bella’s a winner!”
— Raven Snook, Time Out New York“With Kirsten Childs’ versatility as a composer, this story turns social tragedy into comedy.”
— Ben Brantley, The New York Times
