by Jeroslyn JoVonn
March 10, 2025
Boseman’s ‘Deep Azure’ will obtain a one-night-only stage studying to profit the Chadwick A. Boseman Faculty of Superb Arts at Howard College.
Stars are coming collectively to help a one-night-only staged studying of Deep Azure, a play written by the late Chadwick Boseman.
The uncommon occasion will likely 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 advisor function 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 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 dwelling than she ever imagined.
The stage drama is stuffed with 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 a compelling story that confronts common truths about justice, love, and future.
“Chadwick Boseman is likely one of the most vital figures ever in storytelling. The roles he performed launched many to Black historical past and heroes in a human approach,” Widespread, a embellished artist, creator, activist, and host committee member of Deep Azure, mentioned 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 will likely be a blessing and spark for all who expertise it and can open extra paths for future storytellers.”
The stage studying will likely be carried out by an distinctive solid 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 one of the best of one of the best out to help the present and proceed to champion Boseman’s legacy. Along with Widespread, internet hosting committee members embody 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 probably the most excessive, an artist, and a visionary,” mentioned Susan Kelechi Watson, actress and honorary host committee member. “He moved by this life with function and lived with clear intention. He had a coronary heart stuffed with love and a smile that lit up our lives. His international influence shifted the tradition whereas honoring the ancestors he so usually channeled into his work. And now, we honor him. Eternally brother. Eternally good friend. Chadwick, eternally.”
Proceeds from the one-night-only stage studying will help scholarships, programming, and sources on the Chadwick A. Boseman Faculty of Superb Arts at Howard College. Sponsorship alternatives for the occasion may be discovered right here.
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