Treemonisha
A Volcano Theatre Production in association with Moveable Beast
World Premiere – Stanford Live Palo Alto, California | April 23 – 26, 2020 buy tickets
Cal Performances Berkeley, California |
May 2 – 3, 2020 buy tickets
Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha – News and Online Articles at volcano.ca
Fellow in Residence at VCAA
Paige Critcher, Cheryl Davis, and David Wohl, named Fellows in residence at VCCA. Learn more at Facebook – announcement by David Wohl and Salon Thursday Oct 4, 2018 at VCCA
Bridges
Amas Dare to Different Festival
November 15 @ 3 & 7pm
November 16 @ 3pm
A.R.T./New York Theatres, 502 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019, USA
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In 1965, a young woman boldly joins a march to fight for her civil rights. Decades later, another young woman faces her own battle for equality. As their stories collide across time and distance, each must come to terms with who she is in the context of a changing and complicated world. Full of soulful melodies, Bridges is an empowering story that explores our country’s past and present – how far we’ve come, how far we have to go, and the bridges we must cross to get there.
World Premiere, Berkeley Playhouse, February 11 – March 6, 2016
Press:
- Mark Rosewater on Magic & Bridges (June 19, 2017)
- New Musical Bridges, About the Multi-Generational Fight for Equality, Receives One-Night-Only Concert By Ryan McPhee (Jun 02, 2017)
- BRIDGES: A NEW MUSICAL Gets Off-Broadway Concert This June (May 18, 2017)
- Nominated for Original Score, Best Production in the East Bay, and Best Production in the Bay Area by The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics for their 41st Annual Excellence in Theatre Awards for 2016!
- Arts in Color TALKS: Cheryl L. Davis by Selena Burns, March 5, 2016
- Arts in Color THOUGHTS: Bridges at the Berkeley Playhouse by Selena Burns, February 25, 2016
- ‘Bridges’ tunefully spans decades with civil rights tales, by Leslie Katz, The San Francisco Examiner, February 24, 2016
- Berkeley Playhouse’s ‘Bridges: A New Musical’ is a winner, by Ross Stapleton-Gray, Berkeleyside, February 24, 2016
- Theatre Eddys: “Bridges”, Tuesday, February 23, 2016
- Musical Builds Bridges Between Civil Rights Era and 2008 by Lou Fancher, San Francisco Classical Voice, February 16, 2016
- ‘Bridges’ spans civil rights struggles across the years By Robert Hurwitt, SF Gate, Tuesday, February 9, 2016
- American Theatre: Berkeley Playhouse Announces 2015–16 Season
- Village Theatre Sets Lineup for 2015 Festival of New Musicals
- Playbill.com: New Musical Bridges Will Make World Premiere at Berkeley Playhouse; Season Announced
- Playbill.com: Village Theatre Fest Line-Up Announced
- Cheryl was interviewed in the NAMT New Works News – October 2015
Swimming Uptown
The pilot is based upon the stage play Swimming Uptown, which received a staged reading on April 7, 2017 in New York, and which will receive its world premiere next year at North Carolina Black Repertory Company.
Awards & Press:
New York TV Festival Lists Picks For Its Script Competition – The New York Television Festival is out with its list of 20 comedy and drama scripts that will vie in its second annual NYTVF Scripts Competition, which expanded this year to include drama pilot scripts from writers worldwide. The 13th annual NYTVF runs October 23-28 in Manhattan.
Mirror, Mirror
AAFLTV Pilot on Gender Bias
Screenplay Reading & Workshop held Friday August 25, 2017 at AAARI-CUNY, 25 W. 43 Street, NYC
Maid’s Door
August 6-8 2015 at Lorna Hopkins Theatre for the 2015 National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, NC.
2014 AUDELCO Award Winner for Best Set Design (Patrice Andrew Davidson), Director (Jackie Alexander), Playwright (Cheryl L. Davis), Supporting Actor (Nate James (aka Nathan James)), Supporting Actress (Melissa Joyner), Lead Actress (Scottie Mills (aka Sandra Mills Scott)), and Dramatic Production (The Billie Holiday Theatre)!
WORLD PREMIERE – The Billie Holiday Theatre
February 21 – March 30, 2014
Directed by Jackie Alexander
A family is pushed to the breaking point as they struggle to save their beloved matriarch from being robbed of a glorious present by ghosts from her past.
Reviews & Press
“Maid’s Door” tackles a heavy issue with strong performances (May 18, 2017)
Cheryl named one of seven finalists for the 2016 Francesca Primus Prize (January 23, 2017)
The North Carolina Black Repertory Company Announces 2016-2017 Season (July 14, 2016)
‘Maid’s Door’ is poignant without being manipulative by Susan Gilmor, Winston-Salem Journal (August 7, 2015)
Cheryl L. Davis’ Maid’s Door Sweeps AUDELCOs with 7 Wins; Complete List of 2014 AUDELCO Recipients by Lia Chang (November 19, 2014)
Maid’s Door: Picking up the Pieces When the Most Important Thing in Your Life Shatters The Brooklyn Reader (March 23, 2014)
Billie Holiday Theatre’s “Maids Door” by Bernice Elizabeth Green, Our Time Press (March 29, 2014)
Archetype
An evening of original short works generated in Prospect’s 10th Annual Musical Theater Writers’ Lab, inspired by the twelve Jungian archetypal characters.
Written by:
Cheryl Davis & Jonathan Portera; Mindi Dickstein & Barbara Anselmi; Nichole Jackson, Liana Stillman, & Yoonmi Lee; Sukari Jones & Troy Anthony; Sarah Mucek & Karl Hinze; Chris Staskel & Nikko Benson
Performances July 27 – 31: Wed. & Thurs. 7:30PM, Fri. 8:00PM, Sat. 3:00PM & 8:00PM, Sun. 2:00PM at the 14th Street Y Theatre (344 East 14th St. @ 1st Ave.) Tickets are available online at www.ProspectTheater.org or 212-352-3101.
curated and directed by Dev Bondarin
music directed by Daniel Sefik
stage managed by Sophie Frankle
Reviews & Press:
Prospect Theatre Company to Premiere ARCHETYPE: July 27-31 (July 21, 2016)
Carefully Taught
World Premiere, Astoria Performing Arts Center
November 5-21, 2015
A modern-day drama that centers on the friendship of two schoolteachers–one black and one white. Their bond is shaken when one loses her job, and questions of loyalty and unspoken prejudice rise to the surface. This provocative tale challenges us to examine our perceptions of race in contemporary culture.
Reviews & Press:
Two outstanding plays tackle race By Marty Rosen, LEO Weekly, November 1, 2017
Looking for Lilith learns to look inward, with help from a grant and ‘Carefully Taught’ By Eli Keel, Insider Louisville, October 24, 2017
APAC Presents “Carefully Taught” Through November 21st
“Carefully Taught” is Meticulously Executed: Theater Review By Jody Williams, Contributing Writer for ZEALnyc, Theater News & Reviews, November 7, 2015
Astoria Performing Arts Center to Present World Premiere of CAREFULLY TAUGHT
Mandela
Red Mountain Theatre Company, February 5-8, 2015
in collaboration with poet Sharrif Simmons
Reviews & Press:
Show Review: “Mandela” More Than A Name In History by Mandy Shunnarah (February 5, 2015)
The MLK Project
April 11-14, 2013
Original concept by Keith Cromwell
First act adaptation by Priscilla Hancock Cooper based on
“Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Second act written by Cheryl L. Davis
Produced in collaboration with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.