Carl Clay is a staple in South Jamaica Queens as well as one of the many unsung heroes we at NYS aspire to document and whose stories we aim preserve. In this episode Carl and Amon talk about owning your own space, resilience, commitment, the importance of story, truth being stranger than fiction and the 50th Year Anniversary of the Black Spectrum Theatre.
Show Notes
- St. Albans Park
- Adult Theatre Workshop
- Roy Wilkins Park
- Getting Shot…..The real deal! Film
- Babies Making Babies Film
- Harlem Hospital
- Brooklyn Film School
- PBS
- Coming Soon a Retrospective on 50thAnniversary
- Ford Foundation
- March of Dimes
- Center to Prevent Hand Gun Violence
- Deadwood Dick, Legend of the West – Play
- Lofton Mitchell– Playwright, author, teacher and early leader of the Black Theater Movement
- James Baldwin– American novelist, playwright, and activist
- August Wilson– American Dramatist
- Dick Gregory– American comedian, civil rights activist, social critic, writer, entrepreneur, actor
- Ayana Gregory– Artist, educator, activist
- Censorship
- Captain Colored – Play
- Killing ideas
- Brown Shirts
- Soul on Ice: Eldridge Cleaver
- Eldridge Cleaver – American Writer and political activist
- Vermont Center for the Performing Arts
- Mario Herrera – Art director
- Trinity Church
- Black Love – Play
- A Collective
- Self regulating
- The Future – 2000 Black
- Parliament Funkadelic
- Parliament Funkadelic – Give Up The Funk – Mothership Connection Houston 1976https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIUFblZMG58
- Tony Cade Bambara– African-American author, documentary film-maker, social activist and college professor
- Roy Ayers – A tear to a smileYouTube Video
- Wayne Garfield– Songwriter and producer
- Coffey Soundtrack
- Pam Grier– Actress
- Own our own space
- Pace University
- New York State Council on the Arts
- Melvin Van Peebles– American actor, filmmaker, playwright, novelist and composer
- Richard Pryor– stand-up comedian and actor
- Marty’s Drugstore
- Full circle
- Sarasota Film Festival
- Douglas Turner Ward– playwright, actor, director and theatrical producer
- Day of Absence– Play
- Richard Wesley– playwright and screenwriter
- The Last Street Gang – Play
- Strike Heaven on the Face – Play
- A progression
- Gil Noble– television reporter and interviewer
- Reverend Davis
- Dr. Dees
- Solomon Goodrich– Former Head of the Southern Queens Park Association
- Claire Shulman– 17th Borough President of Queens
- Black Spectrum Logo
- Madot Salam
- Seeder program
- Yvonne Brown
- Ruth Inge Hardison– African American sculptor, artist, and photographer
- 1986
- Linden Boulevard
- Cleavon Little– stage, film, and television actor
- Blazing Saddles– Film
- That’s My Momma– Television Show
- Whose Child Is This S1E1 That’s My Mama (episode)
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom– Play by August Wilson
- Phyllis Yvonne Stickney – Comedian
- Phyllis Yvonne Stickney YouTube Video
- Oscar Brown Jr. – singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist, and actor
- Ms. Rawlins
- Mobile Theatre
- San Francisco Mime Company
- The importance of story
- Truth is stranger than fiction
- Inner truth comes from great stories
- Reflection of the community
- One Monkey Don’t Stop the Show – Play
- The Healing Zone – Play
- Dr. Synthia Saint James– visual artist, author, keynote speaker, and educator
- Kwanzaa stamp with new design by Synthia Saint James to debut Oct. 1– Sept. 8, 2016
- Fulton Hodges– Actor
- Whitfield Simms
- A trip to nowhere
- The Children’s Company
- ECP- Entertainment Carrier Program
- Theatre Arts Programming
- The importance of the church
- How do you get to 50 Years?
- “It’s been a sublime experience.” Carl Clay Quote
- “I see myself as a journeyman.” Carl Clay Quote
- Focus on your mission and people will create demand with the powers that be.
- Meeting people at their interests
- Cultural bus
- African American audiences are very loyal if you are loyal to them
- Producer/Consumer Paradigm
- Nation of Islam
- Southern Ethic- to do for self
- Make and present theater
- Coalition for theatres of color
- Ossie Davis– film, television and Broadway actor, director, poet, playwright, author, and civil rights activist
- Ruby Dee– actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist
- Nurturing a new generation of artist for the 21stcentury-Mission
- Deborah Burrell Cleveland-Actress
- Ella Joyce– Actress
- Glynn Turman– tage, television, and film actor as well as a writer, director, and producer
- A Raisin in the Sun– play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadwayin 1959.
- Lloyd Richards– Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean of the Yale School of Drama from 1979 to 1991, and Yale University professor emeritus
- Khalil Gibran– Writer, poet, visual artist, philosopher
- “The timeless in you is aware of life’s timelessness. And knows that yesterday is but today’s memory and tomorrow is today’s dream.” ― Khalil Gibran, The Prophet
More one Carl and the Black Spectrum Theatre Company
Website: http://www.blackspectrum.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OnBlackSpectrum?lang=en
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackspectrumofficial/
Writer, producer, filmmaker and visionary Carl Clay founded Black Spectrum Theatre in 1970 to provide the community with African-American cultural expression through contemporary theater and film. To this end, we produce and present theatre, films, and videos examining issues of social significance to the African-American community. At our 325-seat state-of-art theatre, we serve more than 20,000 audience members annually—and we reach many thousands more through our nationally distributed films for urban teens series, mobile stage, and school residency programs.
Based in Jamaica, NY, Black Spectrum is the only professional theatre company reaching out to people of African descent in the area. Our programs for children and youth include our Youth and Children’s Theatre Company, Summer Theatre Camp, Children’s and Youth Theatre Institute, and E-CAP after School Program.
“I offer my shoulder for the new generation of artists to stand on, as I have stood on the shoulders of my ancestors and mentors!”—Carl Clay, Founder
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