Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company

Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company is a 501(c)3 non-profit theatre company in Atlanta, GA co-founded by Tony-winning Broadway director Kenny Leon and Jane Bishop in 2002. True Colors Theatre Company had their inaugural season in 2003-2004 under the leadership of co-founder and Artistic Director Kenny Leon. True Colors Theatre Company produces world premiere plays by diverse playwrights as well as a commitment to preserving African-American classics. There is no permanent theater space for the company, they have dubbed themselves a "moveable feast", presenting plays at the Southwest Arts Center, Theatrical Outfits Balzer Theatre, Porter Sanford III Performing Arts Center and the Rialto Center.

The educational component of True Colors Theatre Company is the August Wilson Monologue Competition, which was begun in 2007 by Kenny Leon and Todd Kreidler, dramaturg to the playwright August Wilson, after his death in 2005. In 2009 the program became a national program exposing high school students across the United States to the works of August Wilson as well as their teachers. This educational program began in Atlanta, GA and has now spread to a total of eight regions: Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR and Seattle, WA.[1] High school students compete in their region reciting monologues from works in August Wilson's Century Cycle. Finalists from each city advance to compete in New York City on the August Wilson Theatre stage.

In 2013, True Colors was awarded the American Theatre Wing's National Theatre Company Grant.[2]

Works
SeasonProductionPlaywrightRun
2003-2004FencesAugust WilsonOctober 2003
2003-2004Steel MagnoliasRobert HarlingMarch 2004
2003-2004Tambourines to GloryLangston HughesJuly 2004,ATL;Sept 2004, DC
2004-2005The WizWilliam F. BrownDecember 2004
2004-2005Brass Birds Don't SingSamm-Art WilliamsJanuary 2005
2004-2005Flyin' WestPearl CleageJuly 2004, ATL; Sept 2005, DC; Oct 2005, Tour
2005-2006The WizWilliam F. BrownDecember 2005
2005-2006Rejoice!Cheryl L. WestJuly 2006
2006-2007The WizWilliam F. BrownDecember 2006
2006-2007Emergence-SEE!Daniel BeatyJan & Jul 2007, ATL; Feb 2007, DC
2006-2007Stick FlyLydia R. DiamondMay 2007
2006-2007Ceremonies in Dark Old MenLonne Elder IIIJuly 2007
2007-2008The WizWilliam F. BrownDecember 2007
2007-2008ResurrectionDaniel BeatyJanuary 2008
2007-2008The Amen CornerJames BaldwinJuly 2008
2008-2009Swimming UpstreamEve EnslerNovember 2008
2008-2009Black NativityLangston HughesDecember 2008
2008-2009Miss Evers' BoysDavid FeldshuhMarch 2009
2008-2009Blues for an Alabama SkyPearl CleageMay 2009
2008-2009for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enufNtozake ShangeJuly 2009
2009-2010The Sty of the Blind PigPhilip Hayes DeanOctober 2009
2009-2010Black NativityLangston HughesDecember 2009
2009-2010Our TownThornton WilderFebruary 2010
2009-2010JitneyAugust WilsonMay/June 2010
2010-2011Gut Bucket BluesDavid H. BellSeptember 2010
2010-2011Black NativityLangston HughesDecember 2010
2010-2011Broke-ologyNathan Louis JacksonJanuary 2011
2010-2011The Colored MuseumGeorge C. WolfeMarch 2011
2010-2011Fool for LoveSam ShepardMay 2011
2011-2012The NativityPatdro HarrisDecember 2011
2011-2012Guess Who's Coming to DinnerTodd KreidlerJuly 2012
2012-2013The MountaintopKatori HallNovember/December 2012
2012-2013Two Trains RunningAugust WilsonFebruary/March 2013
2012-2013Shakin the RaftersDavid H. BellJuly/August 2013
2013-2014SpunkGeorge C. WolfeSeptember/October 2013
2013-2014RaceDavid MametFebruary/March 2014
2013-2014Same Time, Next YearBernard SladeJuly/August 2014
2017-2018Holler If Ya Hear MeTodd KreidlerSeptember/October 2017

References
  1. http://augustwilsonmonologue.com/. Retrieved 26 November 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "AMERICAN THEATRE WING ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF 2013 NATIONAL THEATRE COMPANY GRANTS". StageLight Magazine. 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
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