Press Release

Press Contact: Tau Usutu

brownbox@gmail.com / (206) 327-2776

For Immediate Release

End Date: April 17, 2014

Brownbox Theatre in association with the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) at Seattle University proudly presents THE NEGRO PASSION PLAY

SEATTLE, WA – January 20, 2014 – Brownbox Theatre in association with the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) proudly presents THE NEGRO PASSION PLAY, a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Jesus Christ, his trial, suffering, and death, within the context of the American Civil Rights Movement, for four performances only, April 8, 10, 15, and 17, 2014 in the Campion Ballroom at Seattle University. Imagine:

It is a Sunday, nineteen-hundred-and-fifty-five. A young woman, Mary, enters a church in the midst of morning service. She is a Black woman and this is an all-white congregation nestled deep in the segregated South. His sermon interrupted, the Reverend Blake, kindly asks the “negress to move to the back of the sanctuary” and she respectfully declines. Soon the local authorities are called and she is arrested. Jesus of Nazareth Baptist Church and “the Twelve” hear tell of the arrest and quickly move to intervene, soon finding themselves thrust into the movement to integrate “The Church” and the fulfillment of prophesy.

THE NEGRO PASSION PLAY is directed by Tyrone Brown, founder and artistic director of Brownbox Theatre, a company dedicated to the creation, development, and production of re-imagined Black theatre. The creative team includes Kathya Alexander (script), Michelle Charity (music), John Clark (lighting), Brynne McKeen (costumes), Zorn B. Taylor (multimedia), and Dani Long (choreography).

“! am excited to present this very American, contemporary and provocative take on the Passion of the Christ, inspired by the unsung heroes of the Civil Rights Movement.” – Tyrone Brown

THE NEGRO PASSION PLAY is co-sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) – www.seattleu.edu/oma/ - and is made possible by a grant from the Endowed Mission Fund for Advancing the Jesuit and Catholic Mission at Seattle University - www.seattleu.edu/missionministry/.

THE NEGRO PASSION PLAY

Date: Four performances only. Tuesday and Thursdays, April 8, 10, 15, and 17, 2014 at 7:30 pm

Venue: Campion Ballroom at Seattle University, 914 East Jefferson Street, Seattle, WA 98122
Tickets: thenegropassionplay.brownpapertickets.com / $15:00 (General Public), $12.00 (SU alumni, Faculty, and Staff), $10.00 (SU Students), $5.00 (Children/Teens ages 8 -17)