Gritty City Rep

Snapshot from rehearsal for GLASS CLOSET, a short play written by Keli’i Salvador Vincent learns that two heads are better than one when it comes to figuring out how to tell your parents the most important news of their lives. See GLASS CLOSET + 2 other short plays by our youth playwright cohort! 1/22 & 1/23 @6pm... www.grittycityrep.org/youthplaywrightshowcase #GCRYouthPlaywrights #GCREducation

Working with Gritty City Rep has been an amazing experience. It has taught me a lot of skills and values that I will use in the future. Writing my piece has definitely inspired me to continue writing in the future. The process was very exciting and informative and I was supported in times of need and encouraged to write the story I wanted to tell. Thanks to everyone in GCR who has helped me during this opportunity. See Keli’i Salvador’s GLASS CLOSET as part of our Youth Pla...ywright Showcase! 1/22 & 1/23 at 6pm. Visit www.grittycityrep.org/youthplaywrightshowcase #GCRYouthPlaywrights #GCREducation

Gritty City Rep presents the Youth Playwright Showcase! Two nights only! Join us for a night of original short plays written by our young playwrights: FLIGHT by Que’Aire Anderson... CIRCLES by Nadia Elbgal GLASS CLOSET by Keli’i Salvador 1/22 & 1/23 @6pm on Zoom https://www.grittycityrep.org/youthplaywrightshowcase #GCREducation #GCRNewWorks #GCRYouthPlaywrights

Next up to kick off 2021 at Gritty City Rep!

Zaria Stanton is Sally - College Student. Hella Smart. It will get ugly. It will get uncomfortable. Our behavior may feel insane. We may seem unsafe. We may look unreasonable. Lucky for you we are not. But the inheritance is real, and ugly, and uncomfortable, insane, unsafe and unreasonable. - Sally... TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever by James Ijames Nov 6+7 @6pm https://www.grittycityrep.org/tjlovessally4ever #GCRStagedReading #GCRNewWorks #GCREducation

Gritty City Rep presents a staged reading TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever By James Ijames Nov. 6 & 7, 6-9pm... Dismantling the legacies that keep us tied down www.grittycityrep.com/TJLovesSally4Ever #GCRStagedReading #GCRNewWorks #GCREducation

TJ LOVES SALLY 4 EVER by James Ijames TJ is a University Dean. He’s in love with Sally. Sally does not love TJ. Sally is a student. This will not be easy. ... There’s a marching band, several step shows and the dismantling of the legacies that keep us tied down. In short: imagine if Thomas Jefferson was a University Dean and Sally Hemings was his work-study student. Isuncomfortable. https://www.grittycityrep.org/tjlovessally4ever #GCRStagedReading #GCRNewWorks #GCREducation

GCRep is thrilled to stage new work by phenomenal playwright James Ijames! TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever One weekend only! November 6 and 7 from 6-9PM SUBSCRIBE to reserve your spot!... https://www.grittycityrep.org/subscribe #GCRStagedReading #GCRNewWorks #GCREducation

Ensemble member Asia Jackson says of Black Salt, A beautiful examination of police brutality against black and Latino communities in Oakland and nationally. This is a show everyone should see! Receiving rave reviews, Black Salt was timely produced at the backdrop of the Black Lives Matter Movement in 2019. What sociopolitical plays speak to you to this day? #GCRThrowback #GCRHistory #GCRProductions ... #GCRPastSeason #GCRMemoryLane See more

In 2018, Gritty City Rep produced The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. Believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592, this adaptation with the GCR youth ensemble contemporised the work and makes it all so relevant to our times. What is your favorite Shakespeare play? #GCRThrowback #GCRHistory #GCRProductions ... #GCRPastSeason #GCRMemoryLane See more

Our justice system is a joke.

"I was blown away. I’m stunned at how seamlessly the actors worked together, touched one another, laughed, cried, interacted without physical onstage interaction how did you all do that? This performance gives a whole new dimension to the theatre as we have known it.You were all so moving, so natural,so funny...Special congratulations to Gloria Majule for this gorgeous and illuminating work. --Abby Pollak #GCREducation #GCRNewWorks ... #GCRStagedReading See more

Navigating the prison industrial complex, a system explicitly designed and built by corporate and political interests of this country, Caught Up is a collage of physical theater, experimental scenes, and original music and monologues produced in 2018. Were you able to catch this pivotal show? #GCRThrowback #GCRHistory #GCRProductions ... #GCRPastSeason #GCRMemoryLane See more

"I loved Culture Shock. The story was told so well. The acting was superb! The twoyoung actors playing Africans must have worked so hard on perfectingthose accents. This was one of the best things I have seen since thepandemic started." --Tim Bishop #GCREducation #GCRNewWorks ... #GCRStagedReading See more