Last year at this time, COCA was gearing up to present Winter Rep, featuring the COCA dance companies, and we were looking forward to some much needed time visiting relatives or our favorite holiday pop-ups. This year, we are trying to find new ways to visit with the ones we love, and we are staying… Read More
We’re thrilled to be collaborating with The Black Rep for our upcoming COCA Presents production of Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963. This is the second partnership between COCA and The Black Rep for a mainstage production. We asked Ron Himes, the Founder and Producing Director of The Black Rep, and Jennifer Wintzer, Artistic Director of Theatre… Read More
Four Little Girls: Birmingham: 1963 imagines the lives of Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia D. Morris Wesley, and Addie Mae Collins, before the terrible event on September 15, 1963— the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Delaney Piggins, COCA Community Producer and Teaching Artist, sat down with COCA’s Costume Manager and… Read More