NIA Theatrical Production Company Inc.

"Arts Through Education, Education Through the Arts"
Play Development
Play Development
Our Play Development program develops new plays by emerging playwrights from the African Diaspora. The program seeks to assist writers in launching their careers and bringing their work to underserved communities. Playwrights are recruited via word of mouth, announcements at our main stage productions, ads in local newsletters and newspapers.The Company generally works with two playwrights and produces two main stage productions each year.
No Place to Call Home by KUBANo Place to Call Home by KUBA
Show Date December 12-23, 2007Show Date December 12-23, 2007
No Place to Call Home by KUBA... No Place to Call Home by KUBA...
Five adolescent males, living in a Foster Care Group Home in Brooklyn, NY, are being challenged by the foster care system and the childcare staff to make attitudinal changes in their lives. The youths are rebellious and refuse to heed the counsel of the child care staff. Even the threat of the Homeowner Association to close the home is not enough to stem the tide of dysfunctional behavior emanating from the youths. KUBA is a playwright and an educator. He wrote “No Place to Call Home” as a cathartic exercise to understand his 9 years as a foster care caseworker. The play brings to the fore the plight and trauma of foster care youths and the caseworkers who service them. KUBA also provides to public school systems arts-based programs, which expose youths to the power of the arts to educate and shape lives. Five adolescent males, living in a Foster Care Group Home in Brooklyn, NY, are being challenged by the foster care system and the childcare staff to make attitudinal changes in their lives. The youths are rebellious and refuse to heed the counsel of the child care ...
No Place to Call Home by KUBANo Place to Call Home by KUBA
Show Date December 12-23, 2007Show Date December 12-23, 2007
No Place to Call Home by KUBANo Place to Call Home by KUBA
Show Date December 12-23, 2007Show Date December 12-23, 2007
No Place to Call Home by KUBANo Place to Call Home by KUBA
Show Date December 12-23, 2007Show Date December 12-23, 2007
No Place to Call Home by KUBANo Place to Call Home by KUBA
Show Date December 12-23, 2007Show Date December 12-23, 2007
No Place to Call Home by KUBANo Place to Call Home by KUBA
Show Date December 12-23, 2007Show Date December 12-23, 2007
Historical Women In Love and Power" Two history plays by Linda Cousins-Newton Show Dates:May 18-June 11, 2006Historical Women In Love and Power" Two history plays by Linda Cousins-Newton Show Dates:May 18-June 11, 2006
What if you were a slave...what would life be like? Find out! Come see....What if you were a slave...what would life be like? Find out! Come see....
Historical Women In Love and Power" Two history plays by Linda Cousins-NewtonHistorical Women In Love and Power" Two history plays by Linda Cousins-Newton
Show Dates:May 18-June 11, 2006Show Dates:May 18-June 11, 2006
The Son Born from Jim-Lee and MeThe Son Born from Jim-Lee and Me
Two history plays by Linda Cousins-NewtonTwo history plays by Linda Cousins-Newton
The Son Born from Jim-Lee and MeThe Son Born from Jim-Lee and Me
Two history plays by Linda Cousins-NewtonTwo history plays by Linda Cousins-Newton
The First WifeThe First Wife
Two history plays by Linda Cousins-NewtonTwo history plays by Linda Cousins-Newton
The First WifeThe First Wife
Two history plays by Linda Cousins-NewtonTwo history plays by Linda Cousins-Newton
A Role Once PlayedA Role Once Played
A one woman show with musicA one woman show with music
A Role Once PlayedA Role Once Played
A one woman show with musicA one woman show with music
A Role Once PlayedA Role Once Played
A one woman show with musicA one woman show with music
A Role Once PlayedA Role Once Played
A one woman show with musicA one woman show with music
A Role Once PlayedA Role Once Played
A one woman show with musicA one woman show with music
Being Too Much Into Yourself: The story of a teenage Drama QueenBeing Too Much Into Yourself: The story of a teenage Drama Queen
staged reading 12/29/09staged reading 12/29/09
Being Too Much Into Yourself: The story of a teenage Drama QueenBeing Too Much Into Yourself: The story of a teenage Drama Queen
staged reading12/29/09staged reading12/29/09
Being Too Much Into Yourself: The story of a teenage Drama QueenBeing Too Much Into Yourself: The story of a teenage Drama Queen
performance 5/13&14, 2010 Paul Robeson Thtr.performance 5/13&14, 2010 Paul Robeson Thtr.
Being Too Much Into Yourself: The story of a teenage Drama QueenBeing Too Much Into Yourself: The story of a teenage Drama Queen
Being Too Much Into Yourself: The story of a teenage Drama QueenBeing Too Much Into Yourself: The story of a teenage Drama Queen
performance 5/13&14, 2010 Paul Robeson Thtr.performance 5/13&14, 2010 Paul Robeson Thtr.
Marry Me?!Marry Me?!
Staged reading South oxford space 6/26/10 brooklyn, NYStaged reading South oxford space 6/26/10 brooklyn, NY
House of Landship (Stage reading)House of Landship (Stage reading)
Barbados Tour May 2015Barbados Tour May 2015
House of Landship (Stage reading)House of Landship (Stage reading)
Barbados Tour May 2015Barbados Tour May 2015
House of Landship (Stage reading)House of Landship (Stage reading)
Barbados Tour May 2015Barbados Tour May 2015
House of Landship (Stage reading)House of Landship (Stage reading)
Barbados Tour May 2015Barbados Tour May 2015
Our prime interest, through this program, is to develop plays which focus on people deemed by society as powerless and downtrodden. Furthermore, the plays must entertain and educate. Submitted scripts undergo scrutiny by the artistic director for its (a) story line, (b) length, (c) number of characters, (d) technical needs, and (e) level of readiness for production.
Accepted scripts undergo a six-month developmental process which includes one-on-one instruction as well as stage readings. Our Main Stage production events are the culmination of this process. Plays are performed in targeted areas as well as in the NYC theatre district.
Interested writers send scripts to:
L.Earl Ford, Ed.D.
NIA Theatrical Production Company
138 South Oxford St., Rm. 4A
Brooklyn, NY 11217