VIDEO/TICKETS

The Story of Toussaint L’Ouverture, Father of the Haitian Revolution. THE STORY OF. . . the leader of the only successful slave revolution in history. THE STORY OF. . . this great leaders’ tragic dilemma: To keep allegiance to the France that had broken its promises of “Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity” for all in the motherland, and in the French colonies, (made during the French Revolution) while seeking independent rule and freedom forever for his Black people in the colony of San Domingo.  

"REVOLT IN STORYLAND" (The Musical) is a new musical treat for young and old!! The familiar characters in the "Tales of Mother Goose" demand a "Change" in their age-old stories. Mother Goose refuses, and a revolt ensues. All will enjoy this rousing, hilarious and fantastical twist, to a frequent, real life, social outcry. "REVOLT IN STORYLAND" (The Musical), adapted by Dyann Robinson, with music by Bill Perry and Dyann Robinson, from "REVOLT IN STORYLAND " (The play) by Marie Moore Lyles. 

TRT DVD: “ROYAL SISTAHS”, written, directed and performed by Dyann Robinson. This one woman play gives a glimpse into the lives of three ancient Black African Queens and one female Pharaoh: Hatshepsut, Pharaoh of Egypt, Nefertiti, Queen of Egypt, Makeda, Queen of Sheba, and Anna Sousa Nzingha, Queen of Ndongo, later called Angola by the Portuguese. 

TRT DVD: “TOBY’S MY BROTHER & BEETHOVEN TOO”, by Dyann Robinson. In this historical fantasy, a 1823 slave rebellion, led by a young slave named Toby inspires three great European artists of African descent to use their art forms, and their renown as artists, as a way to fight for their total respect and freedom as men of color. The artists are Ludwig van Beethoven, Aleksander Sergeevich Puskin, and Alexandre Dumas pere. 

Book: “LET ME SPEAK TO THE MAYOR”, The Autobiography of Johnny Ford, the first African American Mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama. Mayor Johnny Ford is a TRT Board Member, as well as a TRT company member, hence his book is a TRT “Treasure”. In his autobiography he presents an intriguing fact filled text, accompanied by beautiful revealing historical pictures, making this book a must have for those interested in African American political history.