March 10, 2025
Boseman’s ‘Deep Azure’ will obtain a one-night-only stage studying to learn the Chadwick A. Boseman Faculty of Effective Arts at Howard College.
Stars are coming collectively to assist a one-night-only staged studying of Deep Azure, a play written by the late Chadwick Boseman.
The uncommon occasion might be hosted on the Historic Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., on March 27 at 7:30 p.m., and can see Phylicia Rashad serve in a artistic guide position alongside the multi-talented artist, playwright, curator, rapper, and Howard College alumni NSangou Njikam, who will direct the stage play.
Written by Boseman earlier than his premature loss of life, Deep Azure is about in opposition to the backdrop of Mecca College. The play unfolds within the aftermath of a tragic police killing that sends shockwaves by way of the campus. On the middle of the story is Azure, a younger girl decided to uncover the reality behind the loss of life of her beloved boyfriend, Deep. As she unravels the thriller, she begins to appreciate that the solutions could also be nearer to house than she ever imagined.
The stage drama is full of the rhythms and poetry and music genres rooted in Black tradition like hip-hop, jazz, and the blues. The story highlights Boseman’s highly effective potential to bridge the non secular and bodily realms by way of a compelling story that confronts common truths about justice, love, and future.
“Chadwick Boseman is without doubt one of the most vital figures ever in storytelling. The roles he performed launched many to Black historical past and heroes in a human method,” Frequent, a embellished artist, writer, activist, and host committee member of Deep Azure, stated in a press launch.
“To have the ability to witness his perspective as a author is a present. And we’re blessed to have the ability to expertise it. This studying might be a blessing and spark for all who expertise it and can open extra paths for future storytellers.”
The stage studying might be carried out by an distinctive forged to incorporate Lauren E. Banks (The Blood Quilt), Bessie Award winner Adesola Osakalumi (FELA!, Skeleton Crew), Joshua Boone (The Outsiders, Skeleton Crew), Greg Alverez Reid (Fats Ham), Isaiah J. Johnson (Hamilton, The Colour Purple), Amber Iman (Lempicka, Soul Physician) and Djali Amadou Kouyate (21 Strings Kora).
A star-studded internet hosting committee will assist increase consciousness and produce the very best of the very best out to assist the present and proceed to champion Boseman’s legacy. Along with Frequent, internet hosting committee members embrace Ryan Coogler, who’s serving because the honorary chair; Susan Kelechi Watson; Don Cheadle; Ta-Nehisi Coates; Kamilah Forbes; Reginald Hudlin; Kenny Leon; and Tarell Alvin McCraney.
“Chad was a baby of essentially the most excessive, an artist, and a visionary,” stated Susan Kelechi Watson, actress and honorary host committee member. “He moved by way of this life with goal and lived with clear intention. He had a coronary heart full of love and a smile that lit up our lives. His international affect shifted the tradition whereas honoring the ancestors he so typically channeled into his work. And now, we honor him. Without end brother. Without end pal. Chadwick, perpetually.”
Proceeds from the one-night-only stage studying will assist scholarships, programming, and assets on the Chadwick A. Boseman Faculty of Effective Arts at Howard College. Sponsorship alternatives for the occasion might be discovered right here.
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