The Pan-African Theatre Ensemble
Theatre Practice-as-Research
Artistic Director: D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson
"I am so glad to see the fine work you are doing on behalf of our students and the university.
Your artistry and activism are appreciated, especially now. Great show!
Proud to call you colleague!" -- Daniel Nadon, Professor of Theatre, School of Theatre and Dance,
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio - Venus Production, March 2017
The [Pan-African Theatre Ensemble] always puts on distinctive productions, and The Purple Flower is no exception. This play should be seen for its unique and nuanced writing, themes and elements of production. Ashlynn Thompson, The Burr, March 2018
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Pan-African Theatre Ensemble Productions
Griot Ballads - (Parts I-IV), devised production and films, a Scholarly and Creative Activity Award Griot Ballads (Part I), Griot Ballads (Part II), Griot Ballads (Part III), Griot Ballads (Part IV). Directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson. Performance at the Fringe Theatre Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2020 (Postponed to August 2022 – Due to COVID-19).
Digital Masks to Africa – a devised performance of Cheikh Anta Diop: A Poem for the Living by Mwatabu Okantah. Directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson. Performed by the Pan-African Theatre Ensemble. - Opening on March 7, 2019 at 7pm.
An Echo in the Bone by Dennis Scott – Directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson. Performed by the Pan-African Theatre Ensemble, African Community Theatre, ORH Room 230. Opening on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 7pm.
The Purple Flower by Marita O. Bonner –Directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson. Performed by the Pan-African Theatre Ensemble, African Community Theatre, ORH Room 230. Thursday-Saturday, March 8, 9, 10, 2018 at 8pm and Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 2pm.
Vejigantes (Devil Mask) by Francisco Arrivί - Directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson. Performed by the Pan-African Theatre Ensemble, African Community Theatre, ORH 230. Thursday-Saturday, November 16, 17, 18 at 8pm, and Sunday, November 19 at 2pm.
Tahinta!: A Rhythm Play for Children by Efua Sutherland, Directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson. The Pan-African Theatre Ensemble and the Kent State University African Theatre Ensemble, Virginia Hamilton Conference, Kent State University, April 2017.
Venus by Suzan-Lori Parks. Directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson. Performed by the Pan-African Theatre Ensemble, The African Community Theatre, Department of Pan-African Studies, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio in March 2017.
Tahinta!: A Rhythm Play for Children by Efua Sutherland. Directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson. Performed by the Pan-African Theatre Ensemble in collaboration with the Kent State African Ensemble and Musical Director Professor Janine Tiffe, In-the-round, The African Community Theatre, Department of Pan-African Studies, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio in December 9, 2016 at 7pm.
The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite by Wole Soyinka, Directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson. Performed by The Pan-African Theatre Ensemble, Musical Director Darryl Lewis – Proscenium Arch, The African Community Theatre, Department of Pan-African Studies Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, November 2016.
Festival Coordinator
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– Workshop and Performances in the African Community Theatre (ACT) Solo Performance Festival – Special Guest, solo performer, poet, playwright, Dr. Mary Weems. Department of Pan-African Studies, Kent State University, April 2019.
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Coordinator – New Black Plays – Invitational calling playwrights, theatre artists, and enthusiasts to write and produce new plays about the Black experience - During the Pan-African Festival and Conference, Department of Pan-African Studies, Kent State University – April 12-15, 2018.
PATE cast for "An Echo in the Bone": Front row - Rasheeda Wahid, Lynda Mwakisha, Alicia Cleveland. 2nd row - J.L. Mooreshine, Madison Ledyard-King. 3rd row - Daylon Hill, Tawandga Howell, Mathew Bowen