Irvington Theater Presents Follow-Up Episode of “Black and Blue” by Award-Winning Playwright Samuel Harps

Last month, playwright and filmmaker Samuel Harps presented “Black and Blue,” an original teleplay, for Irvington Theater’s Arts Incubator Series.  Inspired by viewer feedback, Harps created Episode 2 of “Black and Blue,” which puts current events like the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests front and center. Both pieces feature performances by Maiysha Jones Reilly and Dameon Reilly.

Now streaming!

The Irvington Theater Arts Incubator Series invites viewers into the creative process by showcasing works-in-progress. Feedback and questions can be submitted directly to each project’s creative team via email.

Visit Irvington Theater’s YouTube Channel to view the first episode of “Black and Blue.”

Award-winning playwright and filmmaker Samuel Harps is the Artistic Director of Shades Repertory Theater in Garnerville, New York.  Harps interned at New York’s New Drama­tists, studying with noted playwrights August Wilson, John Patrick Shanley, and Charles Oyamo Gordon, and was later accepted into the prestigious Negro Ensemble Company playwright’s program. His first major production, Don’t Ex­plain was staged at New York’s famed Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe; the explosive drama about the death of trumpeter Lee Morgan went on to receive seven AUDELCO Awards, including Best Play and Playwright. Harps also received The Arts Council of Rockland County Executive Award for Literary Artist.

Like all of Irvington Theater’s virtual programming, the Arts Incubator Series is designed to share creativity and connectivity while audiences can’t be together.