On Friday night time, actor and musician Andre Pitre and playwright and actor Charnele Brown convey their manufacturing of The Black Man — A Psychological Well being Journey to Houston’s Midtown Arts and Theater Middle.
The manufacturing options a number of characters in remedy and explores why males — Black males, particularly — assume and act the way in which they do in relationships.
In an interview with Houston Issues host Craig Cohen, Brown and Pitre say considerations in regards to the psychological well being of Black males led them to develop this manufacturing, and so they clarify why they thought it was necessary to focus on among the psychological well being challenges Black males face in the present day.
Pitre, an alumnus of Prairie View A&M College, additionally explains what presenting this present within the Houston space means to him. And Brown, who was within the forged of the TV sequence A Totally different World, talks about how that present probably impressed many college students to attend Traditionally Black Faculties and Universities, like Prairie View.
The Black Man — A Psychological Well being Journey is on stage Friday night time at 8 at The MATCH. You too can catch a musical efficiency by Pitre on the Crimson Cat Jazz Café Sunday night time at 8.
Promotional art work for “The Black Man – A Psychological Well being Journey.”
Actor Andre Pitre.
Actor Charnele Brown.
Charnele Brown (left) and Andre Pitre (proper) on Houston Issues.
Actor and playwright Charnele Brown.
Andre Pitre (left) and Charnele Brown (proper) within the Houston Issues studios.
Promotional art work for Andre Pitre’s Could 18 Houston live performance.
