Plays By
Brian Egland
BOOGiE
Staged Reading
"Two brothers, evacuees displaced by Hurricane Katrina, face complications as they start at a new school, in a new city."
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THE ATLANTA READING
at Spellman College
Held at the Mary Schmidt Campbell Center for Innovation & the Arts on Spellman College's campus, BOOGiE will have it's 2nd set of readings as part of NBAF (National Black Arts Festival) production of Echoes of the Strom: 20 Years After Katrina. BOOGiE along with the 7 other short plays will be directed by the Chair of the Department of Theatre at Spellman College, Aku Kadogo who also was an original cast member of Ntozake Shange's legendary choreopoem,
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.
The Show Dates are March 20 & 21, 2026
THE NEW YORK READING
at The Apollo Theater
September 15, 2025 on the Apollo Stages at the Victora Theatre for
ECHOES OF THE STORM: 20 YEARS AFTER KATRINA presentation being produced by The Apollo Theater in collaboration with New Orleans' Junebug Productions.
BOOGiE
"Two brothers, evacuees displaced by Hurricane Katrina, face complications as they start at a new school, in a new city."
Directed by Kamilah Forbes
and featured Joey Auzenne as "Boogie" and Reginald L. Barnes as "Shorty"
The other plays read were:
Until Somebody Remembers You by Kim Sykes
The Verti Marte by Jackie Alexander
Braking Waters by Sha’Condria “Icon” Sibley
Conference Room C by Kaaron Briscoe
Saltwoman by Stephanie McKee-Anderson
They Read The Land Like a Book by Nick Slie
Pre-K by Lori Elizabeth Parquet
Articles & Reviews
Kamilah Forbes (Director), Joey Auzenne (Boogie), Brian Egland (Playwright) and Reginald L. Barnes (Shorty)
The playwrights and cast of Echoes of The Storm: 20 Years After Katrina
