The TRT repertoire
Our history
takes the stage.
Original stories. Extraordinary lives. Theatre with Tuskegee at its heart.
The TRT repertoire primarily features plays written and directed by Dyann Robinson, alongside collaborations and African American theatre classics. Explore the people, histories, and imagined worlds brought to life on our stage.
The pages below form our production archive. Dates appearing in original artwork refer to past performances.
More from the repertoire
The company’s repertoire also includes Run Johnny Run, I Feel Like Me, Booker T’s Towns, God’s Trombones, and Purlie.
I Feel Like Me, by Dyann Robinson and Johnny Ford, is a musical tribute to the historical figures who inspired Ford as a politician and Robinson as a dancer. Booker T’s Towns explores Booker T. Washington’s involvement in the creation of all-Black towns.
The artists behind the productions
Costumes are designed and constructed by Tuskegee native Clintonia Robinson Chance, Fashions by Clintonia. Publicity illustrations and hand-painted backgrounds are created by Tuskegee native Vincent Morgan.
Bill Perry is credited as TRT’s resident composer and accompanist. Tuskegee University collaborators include Warren Duncan and Dr. Wayne Barr. Original production photographs are credited to Silvia, Hawkins Studio.
The repertoire includes collaborations with Johnny Ford; Revolt in Storyland, adapted from the play by Marie Moore Lyles; Purlie, based on Ossie Davis’s Purlie Victorious; and God’s Trombones by James Weldon Johnson.