What's the Buzz  
Spring/summer 2008

Passion Directing:A staged reading of Ghostspell - by Owa, featuring Cecily Benjamin Tues. Wed. & Thurs. Oct. 21, 22, 23 @ 3 PM, Workshop Theater
312 West 36th St. Between 8th & 9th Ave. NYC, Free and as seating is limited reservations are strongly suggested – 212-714-4768
Petronia Paley in Marathon Series A: Quincy Long's Wedding Pictures (near bottom of page)
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-6-1/70959.html
La MaMa ETC presents Ellen Stewart's new adaptation of THE RAVEN, an American-premiere musical based on the rarely seen play by 18th-century Italian writer.
http://baltimore.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=28112
Denise Yvonne Dowse directs CHOCOLATE MATCH.COM," written and performed by Juliette Jeffers chronicles her adventures in the world of Internet dating.
http://www.blacknews.com/news/hot_and_ready101.shtml
Shirley Jo Finney directs Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder's 'Gee's Bend'
http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2008/02/
Petronia Paley directs Tony Award Winning actress Trezana Beverley in Euripides' Medea http://broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=24549
Hazel Rosetta Smith performs "Sing it, Shout It” in observance of Black History Month.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid  (5th paragraph from bottom)
Ellen Stewart has penned original musical for Conjure Women.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114344.html

Erica Gould directs The Fire Dept's "At War: American Playwrights Respond To Iraq"
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114751.html

Ruby Dee is joined by Gosset, Jr. and Alda for People of Clarendon County Reading
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/115042.html
Ruby Dee
to Receive Chairman's Award
http://www.naacp.org/news/press/2008-02-06b/

Our Drama Mamas! Executive Producer Ademola Olugebefola is being honored right now with his first Harlem solo exhibition in 20 years at Strivers Gardens Gallery 300 West 135th St. (Frederick Douglass Blvd. & St. Nicholas Ave.)

HELP DRAMA MAMAS:
Invite an art lover or collector to a private viewing by appointment, call 212-491-0503. All sales of his work help push us to the finish line.

HOLD THE DATE - 2 PM SUN. MARCH 9TH:
Join us for Ademola's Gallery Talk which will include a Drama Mamas! benefit event. Bring a friend who appreciates the opportunity to support our legacy film through the purchase of original art.

Thank you for your support as 2008 unfolds and our film is released this spring.