Kwame Kwei-Armah

The Black Guerilla Family hit the headlines two weeks ago when Tavon White, other inmates and 13 corrections officers were indicted for criminal gang activity at the Baltimore jail. But, B.G.F.’s history reaches back five decades when Black Panther George Jackson started a revolutionary organization to protect prisoner rights. We learn what part of that political ideology is still visible here in Baltimore.

May 8, 2013

'The Cycle' continues

The fictitious Chicago neighborhood of Clybourne Park has inspired great works of fiction with a timeline that stretches from 1959 to the present.

Kwame Kwei-Armah discusses his previous plays and how they relate to "Beneatha's Place."

Kwei-Armah elaborates on the 'State of the Nation' play, ownership, and political rhetoric

Each play in "The Raisin Cycle" is in conversation with the other, and each stands alone

April 22, 2013

To celebrate Center Stage's 50th anniversary, artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah undertook an ambitious project to open a dialogue about the theater and how it fits into our local and national culture.

Maryland is one of just four states that deny damage awards if you are at all at fault in an accident. We’ll talk to a law professor and a reporter about why Maryland’s highest court may soon change that.

Then, during the Iran hostage crisis, the CIA cooked up a scheme to extract several American diplomats. It’s the subject of the new Ben Affleck movie "Argo." The spy who organized the plot has retired to western Maryland; he’ll tell us how it went down.

And J. Wynn Rousuck reviews the Arena Players' performance of Smokey Joe's Café.

Kwame Kwei-Armah took over the reins of Baltimore’s Center Stage in July 2011.

Kwame Kwei-Armah on Center Stage's "My America" project.

Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland students are holding rallies this week under the banner, “My Generation Will be Free.” They want to end human trafficking, which is a major problem in Maryland, and getting worse for minors. We talk to one of the students hosting the events, and to the director of an organization that helps victims of trafficking.

How to best reforest western Maryland’s strip-mined land.

A review of Centerstage's production of "The Whipping Man," directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah.

Kwame Kwei-Armah from Center Stage on their upcoming season of plays.

Marylanders in Japan:  A look at how Old Line State natives are aiding in Japan’s recovery effort.

It’s Getting Dark In Here:  Baltimore author Madison Smartt Bell, on his controversial new novel, The Color of Night.

Kwame Kwei-Armah:  Tom Hall talks to British playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah about what we can expect next season at Centerstage when he begins his run as artistic director.