Theatre News Wire

Court Theatre announces the extension of Home, by Samm-Art Williams, directed by Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson. The production has added four performances Friday, December 17 -Sunday, December 19, 2010 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue.

Originally produced by the legendary Negro Ensemble Company in 1981, Home is an enduring and poetic story of hope and the resiliency of the human spirit told against the backdrop of the political and social upheavals of the 1960s and 70s. In 2008, Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, The Piano Lesson) directed an Audelco Award-winning production of Home at Signature Theatre Company in New York, which the New York Times called "a portrait of the black experience...that finds a homey beauty not in suffering but in carrying on."

Now in its 56th season, Court Theatre is guided by its mission to discover the power of classic theatre. Court endeavors to make a lasting contribution to American theatre by expanding the canon of translations, adaptations, and classic texts. Court revives lost masterpieces, illuminates familiar texts, and distinguishes fresh, modern classics. Court engages and inspires its audience by providing artistically distinguished productions, audience enrichment activities, and student educational experiences.