Transitions: Quotes From The Cast

Each Robey production has generated creative offerings from many of our friends and colleagues. These images were created by Robey's Development Director, Judith Bowman in that spirit.

Playwright, Kellie Roberts

"The story is not in the plot but in the telling" - Ursula K. LeGuin

Producer, Ben Guillory

"The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone" - Napoleon Bonaparte

Earl Buffington

"Everyone has talent - it takes courage to follow where it leads"

Cydney "Wayne" Davis

"Most of us go to our grave with music still inside us"

Amentha Dymally

"Forgiveness is the scent that the rose leaves on the heel that crushes it"

Rosie Lee Hooks

"When two quarrel, both are to blame"

Joyce Lee

"To change your life:
1. Start immediately
2. Do it flamboyantly
3. No exceptions"

Kenyetta Lethridge

"There are two ways of spreading light...be the candle or be the mirror that reflects it"

Lamont Thompson

"Talent does what it can, genius does what it must"

ROBEY THEATRE COMPANY JUST RECEIVED 7 NAACP NOMINATIONS!!!!!

ROBEY THEATRE COMPANY RECEIVES SEVEN NAACP THEATRE AWARD NOMINATIONS, GRANT

Robey Theatre Company, Los Angeles’ most acclaimed African-American theatre company, received seven nominations this week from the NAACP Theatre Awards:

Best ensemble: The cast of “The River Niger.”
Best ensemble: The cast of “Bronzeville.”
Best director: Ben Guilory, “Bronzeville.”
Best playwrighting: Timothy Toyama and Aaron Woolfolk, “Bronzevile.”
Best production: “The River Niger.” Robey Theatre Company and Ben Guillory.
Best set design: John Paul Luckenback, “The River Niger.”
Best lighting: Luke Moyer, “Bronzeville.”

The Robey Theatre Company presents plays that open windows onto the global Black experience. The NAACP Theatre Awards will be handed out in a ceremony on August 30 at the Directors Guild of America building.

In other news, CBS has continued its ongoing support of the Robey Theatre Company by awarding it a new $10,000 grant.

The next show from Robey will be the World Premiere engagement of “The Reckoning” by Kimba Henderson. It opens September 25 at Los Angeles Theatre Center.