(Atlanta, GA) – Artistic Director Kenny Leon and True Colors Theatre Company are proud to announce their 2017-2018 15th anniversary season of ‘Truth & Clarity.” The season of award winning plays and Atlanta premieres, opens in September 2017 with the Regional Premiere of the Broadway musical, Holler If Ya Hear Me featuring music by Tupac Shakur, written by Todd Kriedler, and directed by Kenny Leon. In February 2018, True Colors will produce the Tony Award winning drama King Hedley II by August Wilson directed by Jamil Jude. The season will close in July with the Southeastern premiere of the critically acclaimed play Dot by Colman Domingo, directed by Kenny Leon.

Kenny Leon & True Colors Theatre Company
True Colors Theatre Company is a national theatre company based in Atlanta, GA. Lead by Artistic Director Kenny Leon, and Executive Director Jennifer Dwyer McEwen, True Colors mission is grounded and centered in the rich canon of African American classics with a strong commitment to diverse new voices. True Colors strives to be an important voice in the American discussion of diversity including plays and playwrights from various times, cultures and perspectives. True Colors’ next shows are Ike Holter’s Exit Strategy currently running through March 2017 and Between Riverside and Crazy opening in July 2017.

Announce 2017-2018 Season

Season Subscriptions are on sale now. Season Subscribers can purchase their seats now and reserve their seats before single ticket sales go on sale to the public. Single Tickets will be available for purchase on May 1, 2017.

Performances are Wednesday – Saturday @ 8 PM and Saturday and Sunday @ 2:30 PM. All performances will be presented at Fulton County’s Southwest Arts Center at 915 New Hope Rd, Atlanta, GA 30331.

THE 2017- 2018 PRODUCTIONS

Holler If Ya Hear Me

Sept 12 – Aug 8, 2017

By Todd Kriedler | Music by Tupac Shakur

Directed by Kenny Leon

An American Musical inspired by the music and lyrics of late rapper Tupac Shakur. The music of one of the 20th century’s most influential and culturally prominent voices comes to life in this non-biographical musical about friendship, family, revenge, change, and hope. ‘On my block we still pray’ is the heart of this moving original musical. Inner city lives struggle for peace against the daily challenges as we peak into a window of realities on the streets still relevant with issues our society faces today.

King Hedley II

Feb 13 – Mar 11, 2018

By August Wilson

Directed by Jamil Jude

It’s 1985 in the backyard of an urban Pittsburg neighborhood staunch with decay. King Hedley II is an ex-con desperately trying to make a new life for himself selling stolen refrigerators. Scraping at the dirt, King spends a lot of time trying to plant seeds where nothing can grow. This becomes the perfect metaphor for his life as his dreams are doomed to a violent end. In Wilson’s darkest and most symbolic play, King Hedley II is the eighth play in August Wilson’s American Century Cycle, a haunting and challenging tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.

Dot

Jul 17 – Aug 12, 2018

By Colman Domingo

Directed by Kenny Leon

In the Shealy house, Christmas means time for family gatherings. Only this holiday, Dotty and her three grown children gather with more than the holiday spirit in mind. As Dotty struggles to hold on to her failing memory, her children must fight to balance care for their mother and care for themselves. Crackling with humor, this lucid comedy grapples aging parents, midlife crises, and the heart of an urban West Philly neighborhood

TICKETS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS:

Tickets and Season Subscriptions are available by contacting Ticket Alternative @ 1.877.725.8849 or www.ticketalternative.com or through the True Colors website @ www.truecolorstheatre.org

Group Sales are available by contacting True Colors’ Group Sales department at 404.523.1901 ext. 201.

MEDIA
Interviews with the cast and design team can be arranged through Jennifer McEwen: JDwyer@truecolorstheatre.org, 404-523.1901 x. 206. Photos are available upon request.

TRUE COLORS SEASON SPONSORS

Delta Air Lines, The Time Warner Foundation, Turner, AT&T, Georgia Power, Georgia Pacific, Macy’s, National Endowment for the Arts, WCLK Jazz 91.9, The Shubert Foundation, Fulton County, City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, Georgia Council for the Arts.