The feeling of lonely causes a disturbance in the mental psyche and begins to paralyze one’s ability to navigate in the outside world and even understand one’s self. But what’s unknown at times is that cause of lonely – that inner-voice trapping you and keeping you in touch with your past – a past [...]

The smooth sounds from the band filled the Black Ensemble Theater as the audience anxiously waited to see the spectacular performance of From Doo Wop to Hip Hop, written and directed by Black Ensemble Theater Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor and Associate Director Rueben Echoles. Let’s take a walk through Unison Hills where everyone is [...]

Identity and truth hold court and spar with the souls of individuals in the reality brewing production of Immediate Family, written by Chicagoan Paul Oakley Stovall with direction from two-time Emmy Award nominee and Tony Award winner, Phylicia Rashad. Staged in Chicago’s historic Hyde Park community, through comedy and loads of dramatic, the Bryant family, [...]

In the Hype Williams directed film Belly, the gritty drug fueled urban drama featured a scene in which the lead character (played by Rapper Nas) had a conversation with a twelve year old boy that would’ve led many to believe was someone at least 15 years his senior. “Shorty was twelve going on twenty,” the [...]