Mission & Background
The brainchild of black actor/producer Keith Powell, Contemporary Stage Company is a multicultural summer theater company in residence at the Grand Opera House's Baby Grand Theater in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. Contemporary Stage Company is dedicated to building bridges between the many cultures of our community by producing contemporary classics with multicultural casts, or plays that specifically focus on cultural diversity.
Contemporary Stage Company's inaugural production of Collected Stories collected two 2004 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre: Best Actress for the legendary Lynn Redgrave and Best Supporting Actress for her costar, Karina Mackenzie.
About Keith Powell
Founder and Producing Artistic Director Keith Powell attended St. Mark's High School in Wilmington before graduating from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Producing credits include New York productions of The Mouse That Roared, Enter Pissarro, Indra & Agni Collide, and a workshop of Kidding Jane with Ellen McLaughlin and William Charles Mitchell. He is the resident director for Equalogy, a professional touring company promoting social change, for which he directed two plays by August Schulenberg: Four Hearts Changing and One Night. Other directing credits include Dutchman, Quality of Silence, The Visit, and Enter Pissarro.
As an actor, his theater credits include Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC), Lobby Hero (Portland Stage Company), Macbeth (Pittsburgh Public Theater), As Bees In Honey Drown (Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY), The Nerd (Delaware Theatre Company), and The French (HB Playwrights Foundation, NYC), among others. He has also appeared on The Guiding Light, Law & Order, had a guest lead role on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and is a cast member on NBC's Emmy Award-winning 30 Rock starring Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey. In Spring 2007, while filming 30 Rock, he simultaneously filmed a starring role in the ABC pilot Judy's Got A Gun. He has appeared in numerous national network commercials, including a spokesperson spot for Starburst television and radio.
Recent Delaware honors include Delaware Today's "40 Most Successful Delawareans Under 40", Wilmington's key to the city, and an award donated to The Delaware English Speaking Union Shakespeare Competition. He is a member of Actor's Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild.
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| Contemporary Stage Company programs are made possible, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency committed to promoting and supporting the arts in Delaware. The Delaware Division of the Arts provides technical and financial assistance to artists and arts programs and serves as a clearinghouse for information on the arts. |
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