Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre

Live theatre is storytelling with flair.

Summer 2012 Productions

Unless stated otherwise, all performances take place at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St., and performances are at 7pm on Saturdays and 3pm on Sundays. Preview performances of Heat, Home and Truth Be Told will take place at 7pm the Friday before opening night.

Ticket prices
Heat, Home and Truth Be Told: $12 in advance or at the door. Previews: $5 at the door
Janet and the Beanstalk: $7 at the door
Dramatic Reading Series: $5 at the door
Summertime Blues Set: $15 at the door
Summertime Gospel Music Celebration: $15 at the door

HEAT
By Marsha Estell
1 front porch, 3 generations of women, 105 degrees
Saturdays and Sundays, June 9 – 24

Home
By Samm-Art Williams
There’s nothing that Cephus Miles and his indomitable spirit can’t achieve!
Saturdays and Sundays, June 30 – July 15

Janet and the Beanstalk
(Theatre for Very Young Audiences)
Performed by members of the FJT Acting Ensemble at the Evanston Ecology Center, 2024 McCormick Blvd.
Saturdays at 10am, July 14 – August 4

Truth Be Told
By Tania Richard
Dad died, Mom forgot and their daughter uncovers family secrets.
Saturdays and Sundays, July 21 – August 5

DRAMATIC READING SERIES: AUGUST 11 – 19
Woza Albert!
by Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngema and Barney Simon
Saturday and Sunday, August 11 – 12

Going to St. Ives
by Lee Blessing
Saturday and Sunday, August 18 – 19

Vince_Cool_web.jpgSummertime Blues Set 2012
Featuring guitarist “Bluesman” Vince Agwada
Saturday, August 25
(photo at left)

Summertime Gospel Celebration Concert
Reverend Kenneth Cherry will conduct Evanston’s most talented gospel singers and musicians
Sunday, August 26
 

Click here for information about May 24-25 auditions for the Gospel Celebration.

 

Last year's productions

The 2011 Summer Dramatic Reading Series' theme was Family. Readings of three plays took place August 6-21, 2011 at the Theatre at Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St., Evanston

"Merc'y Rising" by Gloria Bond Clunie
"Selecting Memory" by Tania Richard
"Heat" by Marsha Estell


The late August Summer Blues Set featured Vince Agwada, a guitarist of the highest caliber. Agwada has been a fixture on the Chicago music scene for over 25 years and stands poised to become a major player in the continued evolution of the Blues.
  

2011 Main Stage productions

Mississippi final image web.jpg"From the Mississippi Delta" was performed July 9 through the 24th at the Theatre at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center.

DSC01522.JPG"Five Guys Named Moe" was performed June 11 through the 26th at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center.

History

Founded in 1979, under the name of the Foster Community Theatre, Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre has been thrilling audiences with over three decades of unique, inspirational and invigorating African American and African Diaspora-centered storytelling. From original plays to the best of Broadway, Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre remained committed to supplying the very best in theatre.

"Umoja!! ….Working Together in Unity" is the foundation from which FJT began and continues to thrive!

It is our mission to present powerful, thought provoking, community-centered Theater Arts programming with a commitment to diversity and creative excellence. We are dedicated to providing a nurturing and creative environment for directors, playwrights, set, light, and costume designers, as well as for experienced and novice performers. In this positive environment they can develop their skills and fully express their talents.

In August 2007, Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre was nominated for five Black Theatre Alliance Awards for its summer production of Sarafina! The Music of Liberation!

For more information, please call 847.448.8260 or 847.448.8254 and ask for the Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre.