Sharrell Lockett News Today

Premieres Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encores Saturday, May 13 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV and Monday, May 15 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Wren T. Brown’s career in theatre, film and television spans far and wide. Wren learned young how helping others is the key to making inclusion in the industry work. He and michael discuss his versatile career, his hometown theatre, the Ebony Repertory Theatre (ERT) - the first African-American professional Equity theatre company in Lo...

Premieres Thursday, May 4 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encores Saturday, May 6 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Monday, May 8 at 8:30 on KPBS 2. Sharrell D. Luckett, PhD is an award-winning director, best-selling author and highly sought out acting coach who believes her Black Acting Methods help Black actors bring their true selves to their roles. Kathryn Smith-McGlynn is an accomplished actor, writer, director and scholar. Both women discuss how acting is a continual learning process and how c...

Premieres Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encores Saturday, April 29 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV and Monday, May 1 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. From managing the longest-running Black theatre company in the United States, to building his name at some of today’s top television networks, Yolanda Franklin and Louis R. Brown III talk about the process of producing and the diverse content they produce on both stage and screen.

Premieres Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with the PBS App + Encores Saturday, April 15 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV and Monday, April 17 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. One started his career as a child actor, the other came to acting by way of football; both sharpened their skills at Yale University. As working actors, Thomas Hobson (THAT GIRL LAY LAY, "Ghosts of the Ozarks") and Marcus Henderson (TACOMA FD, "Get Out," SNOWFALL) talk about their journeys in tel...

Premieres Thursday, April 6 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + PBS App + Encores Saturday, April 8 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Monday, April 10 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Join Emmy-Award winning host michael taylor this season as he interviews some of today’s most influential people of color in theatre before a live audience. This week: the Director of Performing Arts at the California Center for the Arts, and the first Black Lighting Director in the country, are paving the way for diversity in the industry...