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December 29, 2011

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W.E. & LaHitz Media
Honor Publishers of San Francisco BayView Newspaper @ The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre December 29, 2011

Press Release For Immediate Release

"Rejoice!" Backdrop for "Our Media Matters" Theater Night Honoring Willie and Mary Ratcliff of the San Francisco BayView Newspaper

 

 

San Francisco BayView Newspaper Publishers: Willie and Mary Ratcliff
 

  


San Francisco-December 28, 2011- Wright
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Rejoice
Call 474-8800 with promotion code "WE" to purchase tickets. Call 415 525 0410 for sponsorships beginning at $500 with promotion and visibility through January 2012 .
Enterprises and LaHitz Media present "Our Media Matters" Theater Night in honor of Willie and Mary Ratcliff, publishers of the San Francisco BayView Newspaper, 7 p.m. Thursday, December 29, 2011 at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre.  The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre is located in the heart of Union Square at it's new home 450 Post Street, 2nd Floor of the Kensington Park Hotel.
Reggie D. White as Joseph & Kate Ball as Mary in REJOICE!, directed by Margo Hall,
playing December 8 through 31, 2011 at Lorraine Hansberry Theatre.
Photo by Richard Peña-Lopez

"Thanks to W.E. & LaHitz for this lovely honor and working with the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre has a platform for multicultural dialogue and cultural exchange, and  they are giving back to the community in a financial way by allowing this fundraiser to begin funding our Youth Media Project, said Mary Ratcliff, co-publisher and editor of the San Francisco BayView Newspaper, which was founded by Mohammed al Kareem in 1976.

 

"Rejoice,"a world premiere, written by the Bay Area's own Ron Stacker Thompson founder of Oakland Ensemble Theater and now professor at the University of North Carolina, is the current play at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, which has a new home at 450 Post Street in the Heart of Union Square.

 

Tickets for "Our Media Matters Theater Night," the perfect launch for the New Year's celebrations, are $45 for general admission. A no-host bar will be provided 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. prior to the performance.   Also in advance of "Rejoice" there will be a short ceremony honoring the Ratcliffs.

 

VIP Tickets are $55. VIP Tickets include an after-party with the cast of Rejoice, hors d' oeuvres, and special guest Tony Saunders, who has written music for television and films, and will be sharing from his latest CD, "Romancing the Base." Visual Art by artist Malik Senefuru will be on display and for sale. A percentage of the sales will be donated to the Youth Media Project.

 

"The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre is creating an atmosphere of unity as it reaches out to individuals, businesses and nonprofits that can utilize an entertaining play to raise capital," said Jacquie Taliaferro, filmmaker and director of LaHitz Media. "We hope everyone comes out for a wonderful time and in support of Willie and Mary, who has sacrificially given to the community via the San Francisco BayView Newspaper," added Taliaferro.

 

The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre is an independent black-owned arts company that has

Stanley Williams, Jackie Wright, NBC 11Janice Edwards, Quentin Easter,
On a happy occasion,Lorraine Hansberry Theatre founders, Stanley Williams (L), Quentin Easter (R) present flowers to Jackie Wright (2nd from L) at her Jubilee Celebration. Talk Show Host, Janice Edwards (Bay Area Vista) joined the fun at Faz's former famous hotspot Lavash!

overcome many challenges over the years including the deaths of founders Quentin Easter and Stanley Williams within months of each other in 2010. "Community, businesses, nonprofits, visitors from around the world can continue to enjoy the legacy started by Quentin and Stanley and the thousands of supporters and volunteers that held the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre together for over thirty years," said Wright.

 

"Thanks to Shirley Howard Johnson, Al Dixon and the board of directors, the theatre functioned in its darkest period last year until they found a new home in Union Square and hired their new Artistic Director, Steven Anthony Jones.   Now in it's 31st year, The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre is worthy of our support as it gives a platform for Black voices and Black talent in a multicultural enterprise that benefits all of San Francisco and the arts world," said Jackie Wright.  

"Rejoice" Magi-Terry Stanley, Luther Michael Spratt and Rudy Guerreroas. "Rejoice" runs through December 31, 2011. Photo by Richard Peña-Lopez

"The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre is a multicultural artistic business that positively impacts the City's tourism," said Shirley Howard Johnson, General Manager. "By allowing individuals, businesses and nonprofits to benefit from Theater Nights which are available throughout our entire season, it's our way of promoting community combined with commerce." Just recently New Birth Church of Antioch and Oakland headed by Bishop C. Carl Smith, bought out the house to thank their more than 400 volunteers for their year-long service. "New Birth not only enjoyed "Rejoice" but they also brought additional commerce via parking, shopping and dinning into the City. We thank New Birth for thinking of the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre as a place to honor the community as well as LaHitz & W.E. for seeing the LHT vision," said Howard-Johnson.


LaHitz Media & Wright Enterprises have hosted events at international venues such as the Cannes International Film Festival.

 

To purchase tickets call the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Box Office, 415 474-8800 with the code "WE." Tax-deductible Sponsorships for "Our Media Matters Theater Night" includes promotion and visibility into January 2012 and are still available. Contact Jackie Wright at 415 525 0410 for sponsorships that begin at $500. The San Francisco Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women is the fiscal agent.  

 

For more information about the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, visit www.lhtsf.org. Group sales and Theater Nights are still available for "Rejoice" through December 31st. 

More opportunities for theater nights are available with the upcoming production of "Blue/Orange" by Joe Penhall, directed by Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe and featuring Carl Lumbly, February 5-March 18; just in time for Black History Month and Women's History Month Celebrations.

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