DETROIT – You can attend the inaugural season of the Obsidian Theatre Festival from the comfort of your own home.
When the COVID pandemic led to live performances across the world being shut down, it wasn’t just the actors who were sidelined.
John Sloan, III, is the Producing Artistic Director of the Obsidian Theatre Festival. He was raised in Detroit and attended the University of Michigan. He said when live theater shut down it made him rethink theater.
The Obsidian Theatre Festival is available for anyone to watch the original productions. They were created in Detroit and meant to enlighten, entertain and offer work for the theater community. It’s produced with a partnership with Nicely Theatre Group, which is funding the project.
- Date: March 25 - 27
- Time: 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
- All performances are free.
The Obsidian Theatre Festival is a new and invigorating celebration of Black Stories featuring the work of prolific emerging Black voices, illuminating the rich diversity of experiences relevant to the African diaspora in America.
Produced by Detroiters and entirely in the city of Detroit, The Obsidian Theatre Festival will entertain, educate and provoke thoughtful consideration of a broad theatrical audience, while normalizing the panoply of Black American culture.
Obsidian Theater Festival