
Onyx Awards honor ‘Christmas,’ ‘Trains’
Thursday, July 03, 2008
By Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Photo: Mark Southers, Leslie “Ezra” Smith, Vickie Bey, Lamman Rucker and Vernell A. Lillie at the 2008 AACTA Onyx Awards.
The sixth annual Onyx Awards were presented last weekend by the African American Council on the Arts, which recognize excellence in African American theater. In practice, this mainly means picking the best shows and performances of Pittsburgh’s three predominantly black companies, Kuntu Rep, New Horizon and Pittsburgh Playwrights, plus occasional specials, like two annual Christmas shows. (more…)