The Fade To Black Play Festival celebrates 14 seasons of amazing festival performances! We are Houston's first and only national short play festival to spotlight the new works of African-American playwrights. Our play festival is the hippest, hottest play festival you'll ever experience! Be There!

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The Shows

 

ACT I

Who’s Calling? by Frances Hall (Houston, TX)

D.E.I. by Charles White (New York, NY), 

Black, White & Gray by Vickie G. Hampton (Atlanta, GA)

The Chemistry Read by Velvia Keithley (Houston, TX)

Neighborhood Watch by Callina Anderson (Houston, TX)

 

ACT II

Unnatural Causes by Alan Sharpe (Washington, DC)

Every Village, Every Hamlet by Gregory S. Carr (St. Louis, MO)

The Understanding by Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman (Baltimore, MD)

Snapshots by D. L. Patrick (Detroit, MI)

When the Horn Blows by Kwik Jones (Portland, OR)

 

PLEASE NOTE:

Performances are recommended for audiences 18 and over due to mature subject matter.