SISTAS: The Musical Returns Off-Broadway
Soon to be America’s Longest Running
Black Off-Broadway Musical
December 20, 2021
New Theater & Director Named
Hit Musical Features 40 Hit Songs by Black Legends
Including Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Beyonce, and The Supremes
Actors Temple Theater
339 W 47th Street, NYC
Previews Begin April 2, 2022
SISTAS! The Musical announces its return April 2. 2022 at Off-Broadway’s Anne L. Bernstein Theater at The Theater Center. This live musical production is written by Fulbright Scholar and Columbia University professor Dr. Dorothy Marcic, based upon a series of interviews she conducted with Black women over several years. Audiences experience an uplifting musical journey of a multi-generational African American family with over 40 hit-songs from the American songbook from the 1930s to the present day. Performed by a cast of five women, the production focuses on the family’s quest to honor the memory of their beloved Grandmother as they dig through her basement belongings.
This new production of SISTAS! advances original cast member Tracey Lee Conyer as director and Choreographer. All new sets and costumes have also been added.
“After 9 years off Broadway and a pause due to the pandemic, we couldn’t be more excited to reopen in our new home at The Theater Center in the heart of Times Square. SISTAS! celebrates Black music and the bonds of a family whose struggles and triumphs are universal and whose singing will rock the house with humor, humility, and sass!” said Tacey Lee Conyer, Director.
“Ultimately, SISTAS! is a story of family, of the history that binds us, and of the love we share that transcends our differences. It is a joyous celebration of strong women,” says Dr. Dorothy Marcic, Playwright.
First presented in the 2011 MIdtown International Theater Festival, SISTAS! is slated to become Off-Broadway’s longest running production. Prior to the pandemic, the musical enjoyed a nine year run at midtown’s St. Luke’s Theater.
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PERFORMANCES
Saturdays — 4:30 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
Sundays — 4:30 p.m.
Actors Temple Theatre
339 W 47th Street, NYC
Running Time: 90 minutes, no intermission
About the Production
Starring
TBD
Produced by ………………………………………………………… Hinton Battle and Jenkay LLC
Written by …………………………………………………………… Dorothy Marcic
Directed by ………………………………………………………….. Tracey Lee Conyer
Lighting and Set Design by …………………………………… Josh Iancovelli
Casting by ……………………………………………………………. Jamibeth Margolis Casting
DOROTHY MARCIC (Playwright) professor at Columbia University, and a former professor at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management. Ms. Marcic was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Economics-Prague, teaching MBA students and practicing managers. She served as advisor to the US Ambassador of the Czech Republic and was a delegate to both the United Nations Economic and Social Develop Summit in Copenhagen and the UN Commission on the Status of Women. She is the author of 12 books, including the best-selling RESPECT: Women and Popular Music, and the recent Love Lift Me Higher. Several years ago, Dorothy left her full-time academic position at Vanderbilt University to devote herself to playwriting. She turned her RESPECT book into a musical, tracing women’s development through Top-40 music, which has played in 20 cities. Last year she debuted the musical, Terms Of Dismemberment, a dark comedy about a financially strapped mother who is forced to sell her daughter’s body parts. Dorothy Marcic started her career in the arts as a production assistant on the classic TV program, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” while in college.
Tracey Lee Conyer (Director/Choreographer
Ms. Lee was in the original Off-Broadway cast of Sistas and served as its dance captain. Her acting work has taken her around the globe in over 80 theatrical productions. She has also appeared on screen for Hulu, ABC, CBS and NBC. She is an audiobook narrator for Recorded Books and has voiced fun, soapy urban thrillers like Virtuous Deception and its sequel as well as poignant non-fiction like The Case For Rage by scholar Myisha Cherry. She is also a grateful member of the Grammy nominated and Tony Award winning gospel and service choir, Broadway Inspirational Voices. Behind the scenes, Ms. Lee’s writing and directing have garnered awards, grants, finals or semi-finals status for some of theatre’s most prestigious honors. She is the 2021 winner of the Florida Theatricals’ New Musical Discovery Series for her musical, Triple Threats, with composer Nehemiah Luckett. For up to date info on projects go to www.traceyconyerlee.com
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