Plowshares Theatre Company
@plowsharestheatre.bsky.social
Michigan's leading Black Theatre. As the artistic home for Black stories, we celebrate Black artists and audiences with great plays and programs. IG: plowsharestheatreco
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Plowshares Theatre is Michigan’s oldest professional Black theatre company. We post mostly about #BlackTheatre and other selective cultural topics.👊🏾🖖🏾✊🏾
For my thoughts, for my thoughts and plays, visit plowsharestheatre.org
Plowshares Theatre is Michigan’s oldest professional Black theatre company. We post mostly about #BlackTheatre and other selective cultural topics.👊🏾🖖🏾✊🏾
For my thoughts, for my thoughts and plays, visit plowsharestheatre.org
Dr. King used creatively for a reason. It is the creatives who can envision a world where their dreams come alive. #holdontoyourdreams
January 19, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Dr. King used creatively for a reason. It is the creatives who can envision a world where their dreams come alive. #holdontoyourdreams
Use your creativity to Design. Innovate. Lead.
The Plowshares Leadership Fellows Program is a performing arts management training program designed to create the next generation of art leaders. Up to 4 Fellows will be chosen for a hands-on experience. Contact us at [email protected].
The Plowshares Leadership Fellows Program is a performing arts management training program designed to create the next generation of art leaders. Up to 4 Fellows will be chosen for a hands-on experience. Contact us at [email protected].
January 7, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Use your creativity to Design. Innovate. Lead.
The Plowshares Leadership Fellows Program is a performing arts management training program designed to create the next generation of art leaders. Up to 4 Fellows will be chosen for a hands-on experience. Contact us at [email protected].
The Plowshares Leadership Fellows Program is a performing arts management training program designed to create the next generation of art leaders. Up to 4 Fellows will be chosen for a hands-on experience. Contact us at [email protected].
Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against ‘Authoritarian Forces’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...
Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against ‘Authoritarian Forces’
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against ‘Authoritarian Forces’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...
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NO KINGS Lathrup Village · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
www.mobilize.us
October 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Tuesday @ 6 PM, I’ll lead Black Leadership Advisory Council’s 2nd Black Creatives Summit @ 1243 Jefferson Ave. in Saginaw. We’ll explore the funding challenges facing Black artists & Black arts orgs in Michigan. We invite you to join us & help imagine the solutions to our challenges. #BLAC #BAC
October 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The African diaspora includes the Caribbean and Latin America.
September 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The African diaspora includes the Caribbean and Latin America.
We are Black 24/7/365 days a year.
September 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We are Black 24/7/365 days a year.
Ideal Home
What does your ideal home look like? It looks like mine.
What does your ideal home look like? It looks like mine.
Ideal Home
What does your ideal home look like? It looks like mine.
blacktheatrematters.org
September 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Ideal Home
What does your ideal home look like? It looks like mine.
What does your ideal home look like? It looks like mine.
Happy Birthday, Jimmy!
August 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Happy Birthday, Jimmy!
🚨TONIGHT @ 8:00 PM🚨
Five years after the Racial Reckoning, when businesses & foundations pledged to be more supportive of Black-serving non-profits, are Black Theaters better off?
Tonight we’re going to discuss the ways we can fight back and secure our future.
us02web.zoom.us/j/8448397300...
Five years after the Racial Reckoning, when businesses & foundations pledged to be more supportive of Black-serving non-profits, are Black Theaters better off?
Tonight we’re going to discuss the ways we can fight back and secure our future.
us02web.zoom.us/j/8448397300...
May 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
🚨TONIGHT @ 8:00 PM🚨
Five years after the Racial Reckoning, when businesses & foundations pledged to be more supportive of Black-serving non-profits, are Black Theaters better off?
Tonight we’re going to discuss the ways we can fight back and secure our future.
us02web.zoom.us/j/8448397300...
Five years after the Racial Reckoning, when businesses & foundations pledged to be more supportive of Black-serving non-profits, are Black Theaters better off?
Tonight we’re going to discuss the ways we can fight back and secure our future.
us02web.zoom.us/j/8448397300...
Authoritarians go after immigrants, artists, intellectuals, and the most vulnerable in society. They just changed the order. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/a...
The National Endowment for the Arts Begins Terminating Grants
The endowment told arts organizations that it was withdrawing or canceling current grants just hours after President Trump proposed eliminating the agency in the next fiscal year.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Authoritarians go after immigrants, artists, intellectuals, and the most vulnerable in society. They just changed the order. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/a...
I invite you to the Main Branch of the Detroit Public Library today, April 27th at 2 PM. I'll speak on the importance of Black Theatre to Black Resistance. We’ll also discuss the life & career of August Wilson on what would have been his 80th Birthday. #BlackTheatreMatters #Resistance
April 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I invite you to the Main Branch of the Detroit Public Library today, April 27th at 2 PM. I'll speak on the importance of Black Theatre to Black Resistance. We’ll also discuss the life & career of August Wilson on what would have been his 80th Birthday. #BlackTheatreMatters #Resistance
Gut-check time for artists. #WhoAreWe? www.americantheatre.org/2025/04/03/t...
The Arts and the Battle for the Soul of Civilization
Now is the time for artists and institutions to step up in defense of the most fragile and vulnerable among us—including our arts organizations themselves.
www.americantheatre.org
April 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Gut-check time for artists. #WhoAreWe? www.americantheatre.org/2025/04/03/t...
Marc Bamuthi Joseph on Trump's takeover of Kennedy Center
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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April 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Happy World Theatre Day 2025!
March 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Happy World Theatre Day 2025!
This is obedience in advance on the part of MSNBC. Black folks need realize we have to raise our voices and speak out by creating our own platforms. This is a wake up call. Respect for our truth tellers won’t exist if they require a seat at someone else’s table. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/b...
MSNBC Cancels Joy Reid’s Show in Major Shake-Up
Ms. Reid’s 7 p.m. program will be replaced by a panel show co-hosted by Symone Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This is obedience in advance on the part of MSNBC. Black folks need realize we have to raise our voices and speak out by creating our own platforms. This is a wake up call. Respect for our truth tellers won’t exist if they require a seat at someone else’s table. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/b...
Plowshares will audition & choose up to 6 actors as the inaugural members of an ongoing acting company.
They will create an original piece called FREEDOM DAYS between Juneteenth & Independence Day 2025.
Auditions will be at 4731 Grand River Ave., Detroit, MI 48208, Sunday, March 2, noon to 3 p.m.
They will create an original piece called FREEDOM DAYS between Juneteenth & Independence Day 2025.
Auditions will be at 4731 Grand River Ave., Detroit, MI 48208, Sunday, March 2, noon to 3 p.m.
February 19, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Plowshares will audition & choose up to 6 actors as the inaugural members of an ongoing acting company.
They will create an original piece called FREEDOM DAYS between Juneteenth & Independence Day 2025.
Auditions will be at 4731 Grand River Ave., Detroit, MI 48208, Sunday, March 2, noon to 3 p.m.
They will create an original piece called FREEDOM DAYS between Juneteenth & Independence Day 2025.
Auditions will be at 4731 Grand River Ave., Detroit, MI 48208, Sunday, March 2, noon to 3 p.m.
You’re not paranoid. They are out to get you. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Left Organizing Is in Crisis. Philanthropy Is a Major Reason Why.
Progressive philanthropy lacks good strategy, so too many of our organizations are hollow—and that left us unable to prevent a second Trump term.
www.thenation.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
You’re not paranoid. They are out to get you. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
You knew he was going to get around to the arts eventually. www.broadwayworld.com/article/Trum...
Trump Administration Dissolves President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
The Trump administration has disbanded the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities as part of a broader effort to roll back policies on art and culture from the previous administration.
www.broadwayworld.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
You knew he was going to get around to the arts eventually. www.broadwayworld.com/article/Trum...
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The devastation from the L.A. wildfires can be measured in acres and dollars, but for the city's theatremakers, rebuilding will be about more than buildings. Amanda L. Andrei reports. www.americantheatre.org/2025/01/16/t...
The Fires This Time
L.A.’s wildfire catastrophe can be measured in acres and dollars, but for theatre folks, rebuilding will be about more than buildings.
www.americantheatre.org
January 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The devastation from the L.A. wildfires can be measured in acres and dollars, but for the city's theatremakers, rebuilding will be about more than buildings. Amanda L. Andrei reports. www.americantheatre.org/2025/01/16/t...
@pieceofkay.bsky.social I enjoyed your AT article. What has been the response to it?
January 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
@pieceofkay.bsky.social I enjoyed your AT article. What has been the response to it?
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My greatest hope for theatre in America and around the world is that it rises above the fear of censorship to speak its many truths. Revolution cannot be sustained alone, but if every theatre in the U.S. is gutsy, then the American theatre is gutsy. www.americantheatre.org/2025/01/09/a...
Against the Dying of the Light: Toward a Risky Theatre
With our art form and industry at a crossroads, now is not the time for timidity or self-censorship.
www.americantheatre.org
January 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
My greatest hope for theatre in America and around the world is that it rises above the fear of censorship to speak its many truths. Revolution cannot be sustained alone, but if every theatre in the U.S. is gutsy, then the American theatre is gutsy. www.americantheatre.org/2025/01/09/a...