Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre

Gee’s Bend

By Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder

May 23 - June 7

Gee's Bend depicts the turbulent history of African Americans in the 20th century by focusing on a single family in the real community of Gee's Bend, Alabama, which is now famous for the beautiful quilts created by the women who grew up there. Gospel songs weave in and out of this hauntingly beautiful work. It's a deeply personal story of family, self-discovery, and artistic expression.

3rd Annual Gloria Bond Clunie Playwright’s Festival 2026

July 18 & 19

Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre is thrilled to announce the third annual Gloria Bond Clunie Playwright’s Festival, honoring the incredible career and legacy of Gloria Bond Clunie, founder of Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre, and offering young, talented playwrights the opportunity to have their new works showcased. The festival weekend will include stage readings of three new plays in development and an opportunity for the public to attend an informative post-reading talkback and meet the three talented up-and-coming playwrights.

Readings: Saturday, July 18, at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. - Sunday, July 19, at 3 p.m. 

In the Continuum

By Danai Gurira & Nikkole Salter

July 25 – August 9

In the Continuum puts a human face on the devastating impact of AIDS in Africa and America through the lives of two unforgettably courageous women. Living worlds apart, one in South Central LA and the other in Zimbabwe, each experiences a kaleidoscopic weekend of life-changing revelations in this story of parallel denials and self-discoveries. In the Continuum was a nominee for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. 

"Moving, smart, spirited, and powerfully funny." The New York Times

Performances: Saturdays at 7 p.m. & Sundays at 3 p.m. 

The Niceties

By Eleanor Burgess

October 31 – November 15

Zoe, a Black student at an elite university in the Northeast, is called into her white professor’s office to discuss her paper about slavery’s effect on the American Revolution. What begins as a polite clash in perspectives explodes into an urgent debate about race, history, and power.

Performances: Saturdays at 7 p.m. & Sundays at 3 p.m.