STAINED GLASS: Beyond the Sanctuary

The Experience has gone virtual this year!  STAINED GLASS is a vibrant and significant strand in the fabric of our community. We couldn’t let 2020 pass without bringing The Experience to everyone in some shape or fashion. STAINED GLASS: Beyond the Sanctuary is a soul stirring, get on your feet and shout for joy dance, music and oratory experience. See STAINED GLASS like never before! This Experience will be new and exciting for both stalwart STAINED GLASS attendees and newcomers alike. Don’t miss out! Tickets now on sale.

STAINED GLASS, now in its ninth year, is an integrated collaborative arts concert based on God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927) by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938, Lift Every Voice and Sing). The sermonic poems, chronicling man’s existence from the Creation to Judgment Day, are Interpreted through contemporary, liturgical, and W. African dance performances by Hayiya Dance Theatre, Inc., orators, guest dancers and traditionally a community choir. G. Pilar Lowden, Artistic Director, Christopher Graddick and Shevy Brown, Music Directors for live iterations.