Every January for the past several years, emerging Black playwrights have an opportunity to showcase and refine their work at the Fade to Black Reading Series. Artists submit their work, and, if ...

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Ten years ago, a lightbulb went off in S. Denise O’Neal’s head that would change the theater landscape in Houston. At the time, O’Neal was on the board of Scriptwriters Houston and she was very much ...

In the beginning, it was just about getting Black playwrights on stage. “That was the mission,” says S. Denise O’Neal, founder and executive director of Shabach Enterprise, the nonprofit behind the ...

For the first time in Texas, a festival is placing Black artistry at the center of a multidisciplinary celebration. The Fade to Black Arts Festival brings together theater, poetry, film, visual art, ...

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Since founding the Fade To Black Arts Festival in 2013, S. Denise O’Neal has redefined the landscape for African-American theatre and storytelling in Houston. As Executive Director of Shabach ...

The new and expanded Fade To Black Arts Festival has grown from a modest play festival aimed at getting Black playwrights recognized to a full-blown array of artistic enterprises with over 150 events ...

Shine A Light, So Amazing, Daughter Of The Universe, Ain't I Human, Lonesome Blue Butterfly, Spell Of Romance, Say Her Name, Transition (To A Promised Land), Privacy ...

Fade to Black examines the past, present and future of the movie-going experience in Kansas City, dives into the significance and influence of cinema on American culture and illustrates how local ...