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OUR SHOWS

Celebrate diversity and ignite a love for learning with Express Children's Theatre's vibrant performances, featuring engaging musicals and plays that are not only entertaining but also educational.

OUR SHOWS

Celebrate diversity and ignite a love for learning with Express Children's Theatre's vibrant performances, featuring engaging musicals and plays that are not only entertaining but also educational.

OUR SHOWS

Celebrate diversity and ignite a love for learning with Express Children's Theatre's vibrant performances, featuring engaging musicals and plays that are not only entertaining but also educational.

OUR SHOWS

Celebrate diversity and ignite a love for learning with Express Children's Theatre's vibrant performances, featuring engaging musicals and plays that are not only entertaining but also educational.

OUR SHOWS

Celebrate diversity and ignite a love for learning with Express Children's Theatre's vibrant performances, featuring engaging musicals and plays that are not only entertaining but also educational.

OUR SHOWS

Celebrate diversity and ignite a love for learning with Express Children's Theatre's vibrant performances, featuring engaging musicals and plays that are not only entertaining but also educational.

A Special Film For
Black History Month! 

opening title of the celebrating Black History program

Enhances DEI Programs

  • Specifically designed for DEI programs

  • Share with employees, clients and their families

  • Perfect for group events and individual streaming

  • Appropriate for all ages

  • Post-Discussion Guide included

  • Can be used all year round

  • Add Zoom Q&A with Filmakers for a live component

This 40-minute multimedia celebration combines performers, music, graphics and archival footage and photos to bring to life the vital contributions of African-American scientists, artists, athletes, leaders, visionaries and more. From Ancient Africa to the modern day, this tribute film provides a comprehensive scope of history that thoroughly entertains viewers of all ages.

Watch The Trailer

Profiles:

  • Queen Nefertiti

  • Henry 'Box" Brown

  • Geroge Washington Carver

  • Jesse Owens

  • Rosa Parks

  • Martin Luther King

  • Simone Biles

  • Ketanji Brown Jackson

Tributes:

  • Duke Ellington

  • Aretha Franklin

  • Whitney Houston

  • Langston Hughes

  • Maya Angelou

  • This Little Light of Mine

  • Lift Every Voice and Sing

  • African Music

Featuring
A Special
Appearence
By
Lauren
Anderson

Lauren Anderson, former-Prima Ballerina with the Houston Ballet

The very first African-American Prima Ballerina with a major American ballet company, Lauren Anderson danced with Houston Ballet from 1983 to 2006.

She performed leading roles in all the great classical ballets and toured the world to great acclaim.

In 2016, she was awarded a permanent exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C.

Performers Include: 

Alric Davis
Aggie 'Aggie B" Balka

Alric Davis

Broadway World

Award Winner

Aggie "Aggie B" Balka

Back-Up Singer for

Whitney Houston

We're happy to answer questions, provide price quotes, let you preview the film and discuss how Celebrating Black History can enhance your DEI programs.

 

Diversity.Programs@expresstheatre.com

224/536-0019

or

CONTACT US

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