About this Event
Terrence Spivey is a Cleveland-based, award-winning director, playwright, actor, and arts educator. A Texas native, he earned a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Prairie View A&M University. His work has significantly shaped Black theatre in the United States, including his leadership as the former Artistic Director of Karamu House in Cleveland and as the founder of Powerful Long Ladder, a theatre company dedicated to amplifying Black voices.
Spivey gained national recognition for his play An Ocean in My Bones, which tells the story of the survivors of the Clotilda slave ship voyage and was developed in Africatown, Mobile, Alabama. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with legendary artists including Durand Bernarr, Ruby Dee, Ntozake Shange, Leslie Uggams, Regina Taylor, and more. 2025, he's directed August Wilson "Fences" behind the August Wilson House, his childhood home in Pittsburgh.
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350 N Broad St, 350 North Broad Street, Mobile, United States
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