2011
A public reading of Kurt Maxey's "Pity the Proud Ones" was held on Sunday, January 30th. The play was received well and thus placed into the 2011 Fall Season!
Pity the Proud Ones went on to run from October 20th to November 13th
Bronzeville goes to the Manzanar historical site for 5 performances May 19th – 23rd
12 NAACP Theatre Awards Nominations for Robey:
- Best Set Design: Transitions – Victoria Bellocq
- Best Sound: The Emperor's Last Performance – Eric Butler
- Best Director: Transitions – Dwain A. Perry
- Best Playwright:
- Transitions – Kellie Roberts
- The Emperor's Last Performance – Melvin Ishmael Johnson
- The Reckoning – Kimba Henderson
- Best Lead Male: The Emperor's Last Performance – Dwain A. Perry
- Best Supporting Male: Ther Emperor's Last Performance – Robert Clements
- Best Female Lead: The Reckoning – Toyin Moses
- Best Ensemble Cast: Transitions
- Best Producer:
- Transitions – The Robey Theatre Company and Ben Guillory
- The Reckoning – The Robey Theatre Company and Ben Guillory in Association with Latino Theatre Company
Winner of 5 NAACP Theatre Awards:
- Best Set Design: Transitions – Victoria Bellocq
- Best Playwright: Transitions – Dwain A. Perry
- Best Supporting Male: Ther Emperor's Last Performance – Robert Clements
- Best Sound: The Emperor's Last Performance – Eric Butler
- Best Producer: The Reckoning – The Robey Theatre Company and Ben Guillory in Association with Latino Theatre Company
2010
Special Needs Network, Inc. (SNN), The Robey Theatre Company and Ebony Repertory Theatre presented the 1st annual "Shoulder to Shoulder: African-Americans, the Arts and Autism" on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center.
"Harimaya Bridge" was released and had an extended run due to rave reviews. March 26th to April 8th.
"The Emperor's Last Performance", a play about the play that changed theatre, was produced and developed through the Robey Theatre Company's Playwrights Program. Ran March 26th to April 4th.
"Transitions", a trilogy of one-act plays that features intense and colorful women who find themselves and their loved ones at the crossroads of life, was produced and developed through the Robey Theatre Company's Playwrights Program. Ran June 18th to June 27th.
"The Reckoning", a play revolving around one plantation, two families and so many secrets is produced and developed throught the Robey Theatre Company's Playwrights Program. Ran September 25th to October 24th.
7 NAACP Theatre Awards Nominations for Robey:
- Best Set Design: The River Niger – John Paul Luckenback
- Best Ensemble Cast: The River Niger
- Best Director: Bronzeville – Ben Guillory
- Best Playwright: Bronzeville – Timothy Toyama and Aaron Woolfolk
- Best Lighting: Bronzeville – Luke Moyer
- Best Ensemble Cast: Bronzeville
- Best Production: The River Niger, Robey Theatre Company, and Ben Guillory
Winner of 2 NAACP Theatre Awards:
- Best Lighting: Bronzeville
- Best Production: The River Niger, Robey Theatre Company, and Ben Guillory
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2008
"A House With No Walls", the third in Tom Gibbon's urban trilogy about race in America.
2007
With the Against Type Theatre Company, "A Medley of One-Acts" presented by the Los Angeles Theatre Company's, Cultural Roundtable.
2006
"Permanent Collection" was invited to become part of the CTG's season at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.
2005
Tom Gibbon's "Permanent Collection" co-produced with Greenway Arts Alliance was a critical and audience favorite.
2004
"For The Love of Freedom Pt.III:Christophe" was produced.
2003
"For The Love of Freedom Pt. II:Dessalines" was produced.
2002
With Chicago's Legacy Productions, the companies produced Christophe Moore's "The Last Season" directed by Legacy's Chuck Smith. The production included noted film actor and Legacy co-founder Harry Lennix and Robey's Artistic Director Ben Guillory as a part of the ensembles cast. The extended run played to packed houses and rave reviews.
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2001
Levy Lee Simon's Haitian Trilogy, "For The Love of Freedom Pt.I:Toussaint" with Greenway Arts Alliance was an enormous undertaking for both theatre companies; a period piece with more than 30 actors, a set that encompassed the entire theatre and a theme that revealed the little known history of the successful Haitian Slave Revolt. Robey and Greenway were nominated for 10 NAACP Image Awards and won three: Directing, Ensemble Acting, and Costume Design.
2000
Playwrights Lab launched.
1999
1999 began as a banner year for Robey Theatre Company. Robey co-produced, with East-West Players, the world premiere of "Yohen", a play by Phillip Kan Gotanda. August saw the West Coast premiere of Thomas Gibbon's remarkable play "Bee-Luther-Hatchee".
1996
Robey undertook its first production successfully mounting Patrick Sheane Duncan's "Souls On Fire". Robey also became a non-profit, tax exempt 501 (c)(3) organization and hired a part-time artistic director to oversee operations.
1995
Eighteen play readings
1994
Robey Theatre Company founded by Danny Glover and Ben Guillory.
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