Get your tickets here: https://epay.jsums.edu/C20107_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=310 The Drums of Sweetwater is a drama/seriocomic play set in 1968, when an African- American female psychiatrist moves from New York to a small segregated town in Sweetwater, TX. She is hired to examine three African-American male patients and their struggles with mental, spiritual, and emotional challenges. Their acceptance in […]
JSU’s new President, William Bynum, Jr., is seen here with Director Yolanda Willams, Stage Manager Avery Evans and the cast of StickFly. “It’s quite an entertaining play” says Coordinator of Theatre Studies and Costume/Prop Designer, Dr. Nadia Bodie-Smith. “The play addresses real present-day issues dealt with in a family in regards to racism and classism. […]
Professor Yohance Myles was an award presenter at the 2017 Bronze Lens Film Festival in Atlanta this past weekend. He also appears in the film “Created Equal”, directed by Bill Duke, which won the Best Feature award at the festival. “Created Equal” Synopsis: Desperate to become a priest in the Catholic Church, Alejandra Batista turns […]
The Department of Art & Theatre at Jackson State University invites you to see Stick Fly, written by celebrated playwright Lydia Diamond and directed by Yolanda Williams. To purchase tickets drop by our box office in the lobby of the Rose E. McCoy Auditorium on the JSU campus, Prentiss/Lynch Street, or buy your tickets online. […]
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Professor Yolanda Williams will be honored as "Professor of the Game" at this weekend's Soccer Match on Sunday, August 27th at 2pm. The ceremony will take place at halftime. Congratulations, Professor Williams!
Professor Yolanda Williams presented a workshop, "Navigating Life as a Theatre Artist" on April 8th at the 2017 Crossroads Film Festival. Click here for more details.
Professor Myles has been cast in the FOX series "Shots Fired" – the story of a racially-charged police shooting. For more details, read the original story from the JSU Newsroom at the following link: http://www.jsumsnews.com/?p=29492
Professor Yohance Miles stars in The Best of Enemies, which opens tonight at New Stage Theatre. Congratulations, Mr. Myles! Based on the bestselling book by Osha Gray Davidson, Best of Enemies is a true story about the relationship between a Grand Cyclops of the KKK and an African-American civil rights activist, during the desegregation of […]