Blackboard Reading Series

04/28/2026

TONIGHT: Join us in Midtown for a special IN PERSON Community Night !

Yes: IN PERSON

We’re focusing on female identified Playwrights for this special community night.

So PLAYWRIGHTS: if you have some pages that you want heard bring up to 10 pages!

ACTORS: come to cold read new work!

We’ll be at the Producer’s Hub offices in Midtown. Blackboard Founder went to check them out last week.

Blackboard’s Community Nights have been in existence since we began back in 2008!

It’s a great way to connect with other artists and have some new pages read aloud.

🥳The fun begins at 7pm with casting and page sharing! We hope to see you there!

✨RSVP 🔗 link in our profile 👆🏾

04/28/2026

Women’s Community Night – TONIGHT: Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 7pm – IN PERSON!!

JOIN US for a Community Night TONIGHT!!! FEMALE-IDENTIFIED PLAYWRIGHTS... GOT PAGES? Bring 'em! This one's for you!!! RSVP and meet us in Midtown at 7pm !...

JOIN US for a Community Night TONIGHT!!! FEMALE-IDENTIFIED PLAYWRIGHTS... GOT PAGES? Bring 'em! This one's for you!!! RSVP and meet us in Midtown at 7pm !

04/20/2026

Feature Reading: BETWEEN TONGUES | Monday, April 20, 2026 7:30pm ET

Amid love, loss, and generational pain, a Haitian-American family wrestles with how much of the past to carry into their child’s future. Join us for a VIRTUAL feature reading of BETWEEN TONGUES by Carl Hendrick Louis on Monday, April 20, 2026 at 7:30pm ET on Zoom! RSVP HERE!...

Amid love, loss, and generational pain, a Haitian-American family wrestles with how much of the past to carry into their child’s future. Join us for a VIRTUAL feature reading of BETWEEN TONGUES by Carl Hendrick Louis on Monday, April 20, 2026 at 7:30pm ET on Zoom! RSVP HERE!

04/08/2026

New on Blackboard Plays for 04/08/2026 -

We've got a new post for you on our Blog!

04/08/2026

Check out MIXTAPE: VOLUME 3 at Keen Company, featuring a phenominal line-up of artists on Monday, April 13th! $20 Tickets for Blackboard Community members!

Check out MIXTAPE: VOLUME 3 at Keen Company, featuring a phenominal line-up of artists on Monday, April 13th! $20 Tickets for Blackboard Community members!

04/02/2026

Hey Blackboard fam!

If you’re in New York on Monday, April 6 at 7:30pm, we have a special FREE TICKET offer just for you! 🎟️

🙌🏾 Join us at The Drama Book Shop for an intimate conversation with winning playwright James Ijames, presented in partnership with PlayPenn New Play Development in anticipation of the world premiere of his new play WILDERNESS GENERATION at Philadelphia Theatre Company Philadelphia Theatre Company

James Ijames, best known for FAT HAM, will be joined by Nancy Boykin and Kimberly S. Fairbanks, with the conversation moderated by PlayPenn Artistic Director Che’Rae Adams.

👉🏾 Free tickets are available on our Patreon or in our latest newsletter. Click the link in our bio! 👆🏾

If free seats are gone, a $10 ticket 🎟️ 🔗 link is also on our website.

See you Monday! ✨

03/26/2026

New on Blackboard Plays for 03/26/2026 -

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03/26/2026

James Ijames in New York on April 6th with Blackboard Plays

Join us on Monday, April 6th at the Drama Bookshop in NYC for a conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, James Ijames - RSVP today!...

Join us on Monday, April 6th at the Drama Bookshop in NYC for a conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, James Ijames - RSVP today!

03/24/2026

New on Blackboard Plays for 03/24/2026 -

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03/24/2026

“School Girls;…” is going to BROADWAY: A walk down memory lane

Blackboard Plays hosted the first reading of Jocelyn Bioh's "School Girls; or The African Mean Girls Play" in January of 2016, and now it's headed to Broadway 10 years later!...

Blackboard Plays hosted the first reading of Jocelyn Bioh's "School Girls; or The African Mean Girls Play" in January of 2016, and now it's headed to Broadway 10 years later!

03/23/2026

Tonight! 7:30pm EST - We hope you can join us for a virtual Blackboard FEATURE Reading of one of our Semi-Finalist Readings

If you're around check out the cast and register here: https://bit.ly/assasdream-cc-reg-mar23-26

https://blackboardplays.com/monday-march-23-2026-730pm-the-assassination-of-a-dream-deferred-by-chima-chikazunga/

Please Join Us for a FEATURE READING of THE ASSASSINATION OF A DREAM DEFERRED by Chima Chikazunga.Monday, March 23, 2026 · 7:30pm (“House Opens” at 7:00pm) Written & Directed by Chima ChikazungaStage Manager: Yemisi Odetoyinbo Featuring… KIERRA – Christine Komei Luo SOPHIE / THERAPIST – M...

02/04/2026

We stand on the shoulders of our ancestors.
Our teachers.
This month and every month, may we continue to honor them and their work.

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Who are some of your favorite Black Theatre Artists… Playwrights, Directors, Actors, companies… What brought you to this work?

👇🏾Share your answers in the chat! 💬