The Pan-African Theatre Ensemble (The PATE)
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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The Pan-African Theatre Ensemble Productions
Saturday, April 15, 2023
A Dramatic Reading by The Pan-African Theatre Ensemble
Toledo Museum of Art in the GlasSalon - Glass Pavilion
2445 Monroe Street, Toledo, OH 43620
Date: Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 1:00pm
Admission: By invitation Only Through Sign-Up Genius
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E44AEAD23A3FEC07-adramatic
Optional Donation – A Minimum of $5.00
Donations Towards a BGSU Education Abroad Course for Performance at the Fringe Theatre Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland - Summer 2024
Park in lot 6. Validate lot 6 tickets at the Glass Pavilion Information Desk, Toledo Museum of Art.
Thank you!
Sept. 23, 24, 2022
The Pan-African Theatre Ensemble Presents ….
A gathering of contemporary African, African Diaspora, and Indigenous plays:
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The Woman Who Was a Red Deer Dressed for the Deer Dance by Diane Glancy - Excerpt (Indigenous - Cherokee)
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Closure, Barefoot, Locker, Backfire by Mary Weems - Excerpt (African American)
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Sango's Tale translated by Samuel Olugbeminiyi (West African – Yoruba)
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Tahinta! A Rhythm Play for Children by Efua Sutherland (West African – Akan)
Directed by D. A-R. Forbes-Erickson
Cast: Samson Akanni, Isabel Contreras, Kuhle Mbawu, Jon-Jama Scott & Chorus
Elsewhere 2022-2023 Season - Eva Marie Saint Theatre, Wolfe Center, Bowling Green State University
Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at 8pm, & Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, at 8pm
May 2020
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 for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2020 (Postponed to August 2022 – Due to COVID-19).
August 2019
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, Kent State University - Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 5-14, 2019
March 7, 2019
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.
November 15, 2018
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.
March 8-11, 2018
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.
November 16-19, 2017
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.
April 2017
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.
March 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.
December 9, 2016
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.
November 2016
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.
Theatre Festivals
Conceived and Coordinated two (2) Festivals -
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– 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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- New Black Plays Festival – 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.
