UPCOMING EVENTS

8:00 AM-8:45 AM: Morning Workout - African Dance @ MATCH Gallery

8:00 AM-10:00 PM: Visual/Sculptured Art Showcase @ Matchbox Building 

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Houston Ballet - Creative Movement

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Play or Slay: Owning the Stage with Smoke & Mirrors By Norma Jo Thomas @ HSPVA

9:30 AM-11:00 AM: Mastering Performance, Presence & Influence by Oscar Hines @ MATCH Gallery

9:30 AM-11:00 AM: "So You Wanna Act?" by Curtis Von @ Matchbox 1

10:00 AM-1:00 PM: Film Shorts Screening & Talk Back @ Matchbox 2

10:00 AM-11:00 AM: Houston Ballet - Jazz (Ages 12-14) 

11:30 AM-1:00 PM: Directing New Talent: Maximizing Performance with Inexperienced Actors by Cleo House-Keller @ MATCH Gallery

11:30 AM-1:00 PM: Playwright's Workshop:  Creativity, Imagination, and Structure by Thomas Meloncon @ Matchbox 1

12:00 PM-2:00 PM: Play or Slay: Owning the Stage with Smoke & Mirrors by Norma Jo Thomas @ HSPVA

12:00 PM-2:00 PM: In our Bodies, On the Stage (Theatre + Social and Emotional Learning) by Jasmine Thomas @ HSPVA

1:00 PM-2:30 PM: Poet Se7en Master Class: "Poetry Chose Me" @ Matchbox 1

2:00 PM-4:00 PM: The Ensemble Theatre Premier Theatre Readings (Playwright Contest Winner): Hell is Empty by TJ Young (Dir. Kelvin Douglas) @ MATCH Gallery

1:00 PM-3:00 PM: Film: CHOICE$ @ Matchbox 2
3:00 PM-5:00 PM: House Is Not A Home: A Theatrical Poetry Experience curated by Joseph “Joe P” Palmore @ Matchbox 1 @ Matchbox 1

3:00 PM-5:30 PM: Johnnie B. Goode Theatre Production @ Matchbox 4

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: The Ensemble Theatre Premier Theatre Reading (Playwright Contest Winner): Challenging Brown by Cris Eli Blak 

(Dir.  Jennifer Decker) @ MATCH Gallery

​7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Opening Night Film & Talkback: I Left My Heart in Columbia @ Matchbox 2

7:30 PM-10:30 PM: Stages Theater Reading: Get to Know Morisseau: Mud Row by Dominique Morisseau

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: Se7en Entertainment’s Artist Collective @ Matchbox 3

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: The Rhythm of Life: A Cabaret in Color @ Matchbox 3

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: Fade To Black: Best of the Best 10-Minute Plays @ Matchbox 4 

8:00 AM-8:45 AM: Morning Workout (Zumba) @ MATCH Gallery

8:00 AM-10:00 PM: Visual/Sculptured Art Showcase @ Matchbox Building 

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Houston Ballet - Creative Movement

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Puppetry for All by Crystal Rae @ HPSVA

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Write Your Life: A Playwriting Workshop by Jelisa Robinson @ HSPVA

9:30 AM-11:00 AM: The Three P's Of Auditioning Techniques (Auditioning 101) by Vickie L. Evans @ Matchbox 1

9:30 AM-11:00 AM: Improv Basics With Can't Tell Us Nothing by Amechi Ngwe @ Matchbox 3

9:30 AM-11:00 AM: Bank of America - Financial Literacy @ Matchbox 4

10:00 AM-11:00 AM: Houston Ballet - Jazz (Ages 12-14) 

10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Spotlight on HBCU Filmmaking (Cliff McBean, Moderator) @ Matchbox 3

11:30 AM-1:00 PM: Auditioning for Musical Theater (+18yrs) by Dr. John Cornelius, II @ Matchbox 2

11:30 AM-1:00 PM: "So You Wanna Act?" by Curtis Von @ Matchbox 4

11:30 AM-1:00 PM: Behind the Scenes: Audio, Digital Scenery, and Lighting in Theatre by Covenant Communications @ Gallery

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Paula Wilson Arts Administration @ Matchbox 2

12:00 PM-2:00 PM: Puppetry for All by Crystal Rae @ HSPVA

12:00 PM-2:00 PM: Write Your Life: A Playwriting Workshop by Jelisa Robinson @ HSPVA

1:00 PM-3:00 PM: Phylicia Rashad: Zoom Master Class (Max Class Capacity: 25)

2:30 PM-3:45 PM: Film: How Do You Hear God @ Matchbox 2

3:00 PM-5:00 PM: The Rhythm of Life: A Cabaret in Color @ Matchbox 3

3:00 PM-5:00 PM: The Ensemble Theatre Premier Theatre Reading (Playwright Contest Winner): Aberdeen and Netarine by Sidney Rushing (Dir. Sha’Na Smith) @ Gallery

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: The Ensemble Theatre Premier Theatre Reading (Playwright Contest Winner): No Room at the Jim Crow Inn by Alma Christina Cottles (Dir. Curtis Von) @ Matchbox 1

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Novi Brown Master Class: Reel Life with Novi Brown: How To Uplift Women As We Climb @ Matchbox 2

6:00 PM-9:00 PM: The Ensemble Theatre Premier Theatre Reading (Playwright Contest Winner) - Melda Beaty (Dir. Eileen Morris) @ The Ensemble Theatre

7:30 PM-10:00 PM: Jazz Jam Session hosted by Tex Allen and the Sunshine Friends @ Matchbox 3

7:30 PM-10:00 PM: Screening & Filmmaker Talkback @ Matchbox 2

7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Theatre Production: H Place by Norma Thomas @ Matchbox 4 - Click Here for Tickets

​8:00 PM-10:00 PM: House Is Not A Home: A Theatrical Poetry Experience curated by Joseph “Joe P.” Palmore @ Matchbox 1 @ Matchbox 1

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8:00 AM-8:45 AM: Morning Workout (Yoga) @ MATCH Gallery

8:00 AM-10:00 PM: Visual/Sculptured Art Showcase @ Matchbox Building 

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Houston Ballet - Creative Movement

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Write for Your Life by Ugochi Emenaha @ HPSVA

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Acting Through the Lens of African-American Storytelling by Henrietta Hayes (Parent Day) @ HSPVA

9:30 AM-11:00 AM: The Amazing Audition: Becoming Your friendly neighborhood hired singer by Errin Hatter @ MATCH Gallery 

9:30 AM-11:00 AM: The South is Poetry By EJ Batiste @ Matchbox 1

10:00 AM-11:00 AM: Houston Ballet - Jazz (Ages 15-17) 

10:00 AM-12:30 PM: Film Symposium/Workshop @ Matchbox 2

11:30 AM-1:00 PM: The Inner Stage: A Theater/Film Workshop on Psychological Aspects of Character Development by EJ Batiste @ MATCH Gallery

11:30 AM-1:00 PM: Acting and Writing from a Culturally Safe Place by Andre Minkins @ Matchbox 1

12:00 PM-2:00 PM: The Science of Singing by Dr. Jolie Rocke @ HSPVA

12:00 PM-2:00 PM: In our Bodies, On the Stage (Theatre + Social and Emotional Learning) by Jasmine Thomas @ HSPVA

12:00 PM-2:00 PM: Voice production and Interpretation for the Young Singer by Linda Knight Burkley @ HSPVA

1:00 PM-2:30 PM: Lauren Anderson Master Class: The Dancer’s Path: Breaking Through in the Entertainment Industry @ Matchbox 3

2:00 PM-4:00 PM: The Ensemble Theatre Premier Theatre Reading (Playwright Contest Winner): Bridge in the Distance by Clarence Holmes, Jr. (Dir. Vincent Victoria) @ MATCH Gallery

3:00 PM-5:00 PM: House Is Not A Home: A Theatrical Poetry Experience curated by Joseph “Joe P.” Palmore @ Matchbox 1 @ Matchbox 1

3:00 PM-5:30 PM: Film Screening @ Matchbox 2

3:00 PM-5:00 PM: Fade To Black: Best of the Best 10-Minute Plays @ Matchbox 4

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Ode To Frank Sinatra: Rickey Davis, The Classic Gentlemen @ Matchbox 3

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: The Ensemble Theatre Premier Theatre Reading (Playwright Contest Winner): Single Raindrop by Zachariah Ezer (Dir. Manning Mott) @ MATCH Gallery

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: The Tap Dance Kid: First Look @ The Ensemble Theatre

7:30 PM-9:30 PM:  Alley Theatre Reading - Whitelisted by Chisa Hutchinson (Dir. Amber D. Gray)

7:30 PM-10:00 PM: Film Screening & Filmmaker Talkback @ Matchbox 2

8:00 PM-10:30 PM: Johnnie B. Goode Theatre Production @ Matchbox 4

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: Se7en Entertainment’s Artist Collective @ Matchbox 1

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: MPAC Live! @ Matchbox 2

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: The Rhythm of Life: A Cabaret in Color @ Matchbox 3

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8:00 AM-8:45 AM: Morning Workout (Tai Chi) @ MATCH Gallery

8:00 AM-10:00 PM: Visual/Sculptured Art Showcase @ Matchbox Building 

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Houston Ballet - Creative Movement

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Write for Your Life by Ugochi Emenaha @ HPSVA

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Acting Through the Lens of African-American Storytelling by Henrietta Hayes @ HSPVA

9:30 AM-11:00 AM: The Three P's Of Auditioning Techniques (Auditioning 101) by Vickie L. Evans @ Matchbox 3

9:30 AM-11:00 AM: Acting and Writing from a Culturally Safe Place by Andre Minkins @ Matchbox 4

10:00 AM-11:00 AM: Houston Ballet - Jazz (Ages 15-17) 

10:00 AM-12:30 PM: Film Symposium/Workshop @ Matchbox 2

11:30 AM-12:30 PM: Brave Little Company - Grandpa’s Garden @ Houston Public Library

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM To Present Or To Represent, that Is the Question by Tazeen Zahadi @ Matchbox 1

12:00 PM-2:00 PM: Voice production and interpretation for the young singer by Linda Knight Burkley @ HSPVA

​1:00 PM-2:30 PM: Jason Dirden Master Class: From Stage To Screen @ MATCH Gallery

1:30 PM-3:30 PM: The Ensemble Theatre Premier Theatre Reading (Playwright Contest Winner): Last Call At Libby’s by Rudy Bamenga (Dir. Steven Scott) @ Matchbox 1

3:00 PM-5:00 PM: Film Screening @ Matchbox 2

3:00 PM-5:00 PM: The Ensemble Theatre Premier Theatre Reading (Playwright Contest Winner): Trains, Blue Gardenias, and White Daffodils by Charity Clark-Anderson (Dir. Tazeen Zahadi) @ Matchbox 3​

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: The Ensemble Theatre Premier Theatre Reading (Playwright Contest Winner): Trial of the Centuries by Darien Mitchell (Dir. Christian Tannous) @ MATCH Gallery 

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: The Ensemble Theatre Premier Theatre Reading (Playwright Contest Winner): In The Prophet's House by Reginald Edmund (Dir. Rachel Dickson) @ The Ensemble Theatre

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Film Screening, Filmmaker Talkback & Mixer @ Matchbox 2

7:30 PM-10:30 PM: The "I Can Entertain" Concert Presented by I.C.E. Man Productions LLC @ Matchbox 3 - Click Here for Tickets

7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Soul Rep Theatre Reading: NO CHIL' LEFT: A Farce by Yusef Miller (Dir. Ezekiel Morgan) @ Gallery

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: House Is Not A Home: A Theatrical Poetry Experience curated by Joseph “JoeP.” Palmore @ Matchbox 1 @ Matchbox 1

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: Fade To Black: Best of the Best 10-Minute Plays @ Matchbox 4 

10:30 PM-12:00 AM: Festival Industry Mixer @ Warehouse Live - Midtown

8:00 AM-8:45 AM: Morning Workout (Line Dance) @ MATCH Gallery

8:00 AM-10:00 PM: Visual/Sculptured Art Showcase @ Matchbox Building 

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Houston Ballet - Possible Presentation

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Black Playwrights Monologue workshop @ HPSVA

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Shakespeare Workshop @ HSPVA

9:30 AM-11:00 AM: My First Movie By Joan Montreuil @ MATCH Gallery

9:30 AM-11:00 AM: Acting and Writing from a Culturally Safe Place by Andre Minkins @ Matchbox 4

10:00 AM-12:30 PM: Film Symposium/Workshop @ Matchbox 2 

10:00 AM-11:30 AM: Building Your Own Table: Power of Producing Musical Theater @ Matchbox 3

11:30 AM-1:00 PM: Mastering the Business of Acting: BEAZ Talent Agency @ Matchbox 1

11:30 AM-1:00 PM: Jokes, Drama & A Little Bit of Therapy By Ibukunola Rojugbokan @ Matchbox 4

1:00 PM-2:30 PM: Dr. Malik Yoba Master Class: Why Are You On The Planet? Unlocking the Power of Personal Story @ Matchbox 2 

1:00 PM-3:00 PM: Monologue Competition @ HSPVA

2:00 PM-4:00 PM: A Soulful Journey Concert: Rickey Davis @ Matchbox 3

2:30 PM-3:30 PM: Brave Little Company - Grandpa’s Garden @ Houston Public Library 

2:30 PM-4:30 PM: Se7en Entertainment’s Artist Collective @ Matchbox 1

3:00 PM-5:30 PM: Film Screening @ Matchbox 2

3:00 PM-5:00 PM: Fade To Black: Best of the Best 10-Minute Plays @ Matchbox 4

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: FTBAF Panel Discussion: The Entertainment Industry @ Matchbox 1

7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Se7en Entertainment’s Artist Collective  @ Matchbox 1

7:30 PM-10:00 PM: Film Screening & Filmmaker Talkback @ Matchbox 2 

8:00 PM-10:30 PM: Johnnie B. Goode Theatre Production @ Matchbox 4

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: State of the Union - A Musical Town Hall: Words by Eric Jones @ Matchbox 3 - Click Here for Tickets

8:00 AM-10:00 PM: Visual/Sculptured Art Showcase @ Matchbox Building 

9:30 AM-11:00 AM: Passion Meets Profit: Strategies in the Age of AI by Toni Simmons Henson @ Matchbox 3

10:00 AM-12:30 PM: Film Symposium/Workshops @ Matchbox 2 

11:30 AM-12:30 PM: Brave Little Company - Grandpa’s Garden @ Houston Public Library

11:30 AM-1:00 PM: Stage to Stage: Successfully Navigate the Festival Circuit by Toni Simmons Henson @ Matchbox 3

12:00 PM-5:00 PM: Community Vendor Exhibit Showcase @ MATCH Gallery 

1:00 PM-2:30 PM: Dr. Brély Evans Master Class: Everything They Don't Teach You In Acting Class; Understanding The Business of Show Business. @ Matchbox 1

2:00 PM-4:00 PM: Houston Arts Alliance Grant Workshop: Houston Arts Alliance Grant Workshop: From Vision to Victory: Mastering the Houston Arts Alliance Grant Process @ Matchbox 4 

2:30 PM-4:30 PM: The Rhythm of Life: A Cabaret in Color @ Matchbox 3

3:00 PM-5:00 PM: Film Screening @ Matchbox 2

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: FTBAF Line Dance Competition @ MATCH Gallery

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Performing Arts Industry Panel Discussion @ Matchbox 4

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Hip Hop Legends Talkback: Honoring K-Rino @ Matchbox 2

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Blk Swan Poetry: Poetic Therapy: Evolution of a Grown Ass Woman For Every Woman Who’s Had to Break to Become @ Matchbox 1 - Click Here for Tickets

​​7:30 PM-10:30 PM: Red Carpet/Awards - Recognition of Honoree (Greg Carter) @ Matchbox 4 

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: Macahl Jett: Ultimate Concert Experience: “Left on Read” @ Matchbox 3

10:30 PM-1:30 AM: Closing Grand Industry Mixer @ Stages

1:00 PM-5:00 PM: Houston Hollywood Studios: Short Film Festival @ Matchbox 2

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Ebony Opera Guild Concert:  From the Middle Passage to Black Lives Matter: The Journey to Freedom Continues
A Juneteenth Commemorative Concert @ Matchbox 4

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Jazz Artist Spotlight - Jazz Performance @ Matchbox 3