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TSU Theatre is part of the Visual and Performing Arts Department at Texas Southern University in Houston, TX.

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TSU Theatre presents Sam Shepard’s, Buried Child, directed by Errol Anthony Wilks.

In a decaying Illinois farmhouse, a family haunted by its past is forced to confront the secrets beneath generations of silence, and the unraveling of the American Dream.

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Buried Child tickets are on sale now.

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Errol Anthony Wilks and Dr. Rosarito Rodríguez-González stopped by Tiger Thursdays at KTSU to promote TSU Theatre’s upcoming production of Buried Child by Sam Shepard.

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Meet the cast of Buried Child, a play by Sam Shepard, directed by Distinguished TSU Theatre Alumnus, Errol Anthony Wilks.

October 1 - 4, 2026
Ollington Smith Playhouse

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TSU Theatre's 2022-23 season opens with "Flyin' West" by Pearl Cleage, directed by Alumna Delisa Chatman.

October 6-9, 2022 - Thur, Fri & Sat 7pm ǀ Sun 3pm
Ollington Smith Playhouse
General $10 Students $7 TSU Students $5 (with valid ID)

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The Drums of Sweetwater continues this weekend, November 18 - 21, 2021 (Friday, November 19 - SOLD OUT!!!).

Buy tickets online at https://t.co/hqeWcM25e6 or at the door 30-minutes prior to show time. Ollington Smith Playhouse. Parking available in Lot C.

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The Drums of Sweetwater, written and directed by Thomas Meloncon, November 11 - 14 & 18 - 21.
The play navigates the journey of three misdiagnosed African American men in a segregated mental institution in 1968 in Sweetwater, Texas.
🎨 by Kenton Barnett
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The Wiz opens TONIGHT!! Friday, Oct. 8 at 7 pm. Parking available in East Garage (Cleburne & Tierwester)

Tickets available at the door or online at https://t.co/Vyk9PNvEsW

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Tickets for The Wiz on sale now! Show runs October 8 - 10, 2021.

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Thank you for sharing your podcast with us Valaencia Thompson. ❤

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Charles Gordone, first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1970 for his play, "No Place to be Somebody."

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“Waiting to Exhale,” “The Preacher’s Wife,” “Boston Public,” “For Colored Girls,” “Madea’s Big Happy Family,” and “Black-ish.”

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Loretta Devine is a Houston native who rose to stardom on Broadway in the musical “Dreamgirls” in 1981. She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in “Grey’s Anatomy.” She has an extensive list of stage, television, and film credits including “The Colored Museum,”

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Texas Southern University. She has been recognized by the National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts and the American College Theatre Festival. She is a faculty member in the Theatre program at TSU and serves as Dean of the Thomas F. Freeman Honors College.

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Dr. Dianne Jemison Pollard is a prolific university stage director with more more than 50 productions at Texas Southern University, including "The First Breeze of Summer," "A Raisin in the Sun," "Hedda Gabler," and "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

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Dr. Jemison Pollard has directed all genres, including Greek, Elizabethan, 19th Century Realism, Contemporary, as well as Black Theatre, Children's Theatre, and Musical Theatre. She has degrees from Fisk University, University of Wisconsin, The Catholic University of America, and

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“The Color Purple,” and “Hamilton,” for which she won a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, and the Lucille Lortel Award for her portrayal of Angelica Schuyler. She is also an Emmy nominated actress for her work on the television series “One Life to Live” and a Grammy Award winner

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Renée Elise Goldsberry was born in San Jose, CA and raised in both Houston, TX and Detroit, MI. As a child, she was a student in the Summer camp at HITS Theater in Houston taught by Carolyn Franklin. Her Broadway credits include “Rent,” “Dreamgirls,” “The Lion King,”...

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Detria directed several Theatre Season shows after graduating. She acted in many shows at The Ensemble Theatre and received Best Actress Award several times from The Ensemble and the Houston Press.

Written by Dr. Dianne Jemison Pollard

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Detria received her BFA in Acting from Texas Southern University in 1985. She was an active member of the University Players organization and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Detria received the University Players Award for Best Actress.

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After graduating from TSU she served as the Program Director and Operations Manager at KTSU Radio, 90.9 FM, from 1987 to 2003. She was the half-time announcer for the Ocean of Soul Marching Band for many years.