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Home » COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY to feature Playwright Josh Wilder’s “MARTY AND THE HANDS THAT COULD”
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COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY to feature Playwright Josh Wilder’s “MARTY AND THE HANDS THAT COULD”

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COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY to feature Playwright Josh Wilder’s “MARTY AND THE HANDS THAT COULD”
Playwright Josh Wilder

(BALTIMORE – September 22, 2024) – Coppin Repertory Theatre presents MARTY AND THE HANDS THAT COULD, a new play by Josh Wilder, Playwright-in-Residence, and directed by Willie O. Jordan.

EVENT SUMMARY

Released from prison on the eve of his 25th birthday, Marty returns home to his family, equipped with a manuscript and big dreams to turn his life around. But his cousin Junior has also come home with problems of his own, setting them on a collision course as they struggle to break free of the curse that has haunted their family for generations. Can Marty put his hands to good use, or is his fate already written?

EVENT LOCATION

       The James Weldon Johnson Auditorium (on North Avenue side of campus)

       Coppin State University

       2500 West North Avenue

       Baltimore, Maryland 21216

 

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

Thursday, October 10th at 7:30 pm

Friday, October 11th at 10:30 am & 7:30 pm   

Saturday, October 12th at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, October 13th at 3:00 p.m.

 

 

TICKETS

     General Admission                                 $20.00

      Senior Citizens                                       15.00

Non-Coppin Students                               10.00

      Coppin Students                                    Free w/ID

 

To order tickets online, go to  https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2/team.asp?SponsorID=18757

 FOR INFORMATION/CONTACT:

Dr. Garey A. Hyatt at ghyatt@coppin.edu or (410) 951-3369

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Josh Wilder is a playwright, actor, and producer from Philadelphia. He received his BFA in theatre at Carnegie Mellon and his MFA in Playwriting at Yale University. His work has been developed, commissioned, and produced at various regional theatre and festivals across the country including The Fire Next Time Festival, Classical Theatre of Harlem, New York Theatre Workshop, True Colors Theatre Company, Kennedy Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, PlayPenn, Company One, InterAct Theatre Company, and Yale Rep. Past awards include the Holland New Voices Award, the Lorraine Hansberry Award, the Rosa Parks Award, and the ASCAP Cole Porter Prize. Josh is also a former Jerome Fellow and the first national recipient of the Jerome Many Voices Fellowship at Playwrights’ Center. He has been in residence at the Royal Court Theatre, Sundance at Ucross, and served as Co-Artistic Director at the Yale Cabaret for its 50th season. He is the Co-Founder/Producer of the New Griots Black Arts Festival in the Twin Cities with Jamil Jude. Currently, he’s stationed in Baltimore, Maryland as Playwright-in-Residence at Coppin State University.

COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY to feature Playwright Josh Wilder's "MARTY AND THE HANDS THAT COULD"
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