Black Space S2E10: Michelle Tyrene Johnson

Michelle Tyrene Johnson

“Black women have to have more talent then the white men in order to be put on” Michelle Tyrene Jonhson

JCTC’S TALK SERIES ‘BLACK SPACE’ WITH ASHLEY NICOLE BAPTISTE CONTINUES WITH THE AWARD-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT AND PUBLIC RADIO JOURNALIST, MICHELLE TYRENE JOHNSON.  Sunday, April. 16th  @2:30PM EST

Baptiste, an actor and a veteran youth theatre educator with the JCTC Youth Theatre and the Stories of Greenville initiative, “I want to create a virtual space where Black artists from around the world can come together and have a human-to-human exchange about art, race, and life,” she says. “This series is about expansion, and pushing past preconceived notions of blackness.”Baptiste's next guest is Michelle Tyrene Johnson. They will be having a conversation about Mihchelle's life as an artist and current/past projects.

Michelle Tyrene Johnson is a public radio journalist, author, and former attorney from the Greater Kansas City, Missouri Area who now lives in Louisville, Kentucky. As an award-winning playwright, Johnson’s plays have been staged nationally, including in California, Texas, Illinois, Nevada, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Utah. Several of her plays, such as "Wiccans in the Hood," “The Negro Whisperer,” “Trading Races: From Rodney King to Paula Deen,” “Echoes of Octavia," and “The Green Book Wine Club Train Trip" have been in New York City festivals and readings. Her play “Only One Day A Year” was chosen for the Kennedy Center’s 2020 New Vision/New Voices Festival and received an award from the National Endowment for the Arts for its World Premiere at the Coterie Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. Johnson received her MFA in Writing, with a focus on playwriting, from Spalding University in May 2022. 

This conversation is taking place Sunday, April 16th @ 2:30 pm EST; FB Live and Zoom webinar

Webinar Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84690222281?pwd=R0V1NVZQUkVUbnlyMVkyb2lXK3RHQT09

Meeting ID: 846 9022 2281 | Passcode: 915986

“As our city gentrifies while retaining its diversity, and indeed as the world is changing in fundamental ways, being right in the middle of these conversations is essential,” says JCTC’s artistic director, Olga Levina. “For us as a theatre company dedicated to sparking conversations that lead to deeper respect and understanding, we know we need to create a safe place to listen and learn and collaborate.”