Irvington Theater ‘Arts Incubator Series’ Presents Short Film by Award-Winning Playwright Samuel Harps

Now streaming:  BLACK AND BLUE, a timely new teleplay from award-winning playwright and filmmaker Samuel Harps.

Featuring performances by Maiysha Jones Reilly and Dameon Reilly

“With the state of the country at present,” Harps says, “there was no shortage of conflicts to explore. I chose to focus on the turmoil of an African-American veteran police officer…in the midst of a riot during a pandemic. The piece actually wrote itself.”

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.

Harps’ productions have been staged at NYC venues including the Paul Robeson Theater, National Black Theater, Billie Holiday Theater, Theater for the New City, Theater Four, American Theater for Actors, Duality Playhouse, HERE Theater, and at Rutgers University, Riverspace Arts in Nyack, Irvington Theater, and venues in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Philadelphia.

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Irvington Theater’s Arts Incubator Series invites viewers into the creative process by showcasing works-in-progress. Your feedback is welcomed! Please write to: itartsincubator@yahoo.com.

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.