05/02/2026
After our sold-out show last night, you have one last chance to see The Bookstore, today at 1pm at Parkway Central Library in Philadelphia (Literature Department 2nd Floor). Come and see this FREE production!
And we want to introduce you to our playwright, and the 2026 winner of the Beacon Award: Nancy Marie!
Nancy Marie is an award winning author, actress, educator, and advocate. Her poem What Ntozake Said is featured in the mini documentary project, We Sing a Black Girl’s Song. She has completed five full length plays including The Bookstore, which was nominated for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize. Nancy’s stage debut was in the Joseph Papp NY Shakespeare Festival production of The Wedding Band, preceded by her television debut on Wonderama & followed by her motion picture debut in MGM’s Fame. Other notable credits include her BroadwayWorld nominated performances as Chelle in the Stagecrafter’s production of Detroit ‘67 and Queen Elizabeth in the Theatre in the X production of Richard III. She has shared her wealth of experience as both a speaker and planner at conferences and festivals across the country including The African American Literary & Media Conference in Reno, Nevada, The Philadelphia Black Film & Media Conference, The SOL Film Festival in Norfolk, Virginia, The Brother 2 Brother Literary Symposium in Houston, Texas, The Boynton Beach Arts Explosion, and The South Florida Youth in Film Festival. She is the proud mother of seven and grandmother of nine beautiful children.
