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Levi Wilkins

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Lighting and Theatrical Production. Also Church Production as well.
Creativity has no limits. God First.
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We opened Mud Row by Dominique Morisseau last night! And it was beautiful. What a wonderful journey it’s been so far. What a unique challenge to play this particular character. What awesome story to get to navigate. It’s an honor. Thank you, Malkia Stampley, for being an incredible director with such a profound understanding of storytelling and how to shape it so beautifully. In awe of you. Thank you, Lo Williams, for being an amazing associate director. I think you’re so smart. And profound. Thank you to my castmates for being so wonderfully talented and having a deep commitment to tell this story honestly. Yall are absolutely beautiful. Thank to the designers for the lovely work and beautifully building the elements of the world our story lives in. Thank you to our stage managers for holding this ship together. Thank you to the entire Mud Row Company, Remy Bumppo, and its supporters for making this story possible! Let’s keep telling this story, shall we? 📷: @michaelbrosilowphoto
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🎶 MOTOWN WAS THE SOUNDTRACK. THE PARTY WAS THE ESCAPE. In 1967 Detroit, the music was hot, the parties were hotter, and everybody needed somewhere to let loose! 💃🏾🔥 🎬 EXCERPT FROM DETROIT ’67 Bunny (Jimiece Gilbert) and Chelle (Shenise Danyèl) take us back to a time when Motown ruled the airwaves and a good house party could cure just about anything. 🎭 DETROIT ’67 by Dominique Morisseau Directed by Aaron Reese Boseman 📍 eta Creative Arts Foundation 🗓️ Running through November 1, 2026 🎟️ Come catch the rhythm! #Detroit67 #Motown #BlackJoy #PulseTheatreChicago #ChicagoTheatre
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A lovely ensemble of actors, including one of my former students and member of my first NU cohorts the Paynetrain @emefa_dzodzomenyo. Direction by the wonderful @malkiastampley, and rounding it all out with my Is God Is family, intimacy & fight choreography by the beautiful @jyreikaguest and lights by incomparable @leviwilkins_lighting
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🎬 AN EXCERPT FROM DETROIT ’67| featuring Tamarus Harvell (Lank), Shenise Danyèl (Chelle), Jimiece Gilbert (Bunny), and Dairyon Bolden (Sly). "DETROIT COULD BE A MECCA!" WHAT GOOD IS A DREAM IF YOU NEVER TAKE THE RISK? ✊🏾 Lank dreams of building a Black Mecca. Chelle fears losing everything they've worked for. One wants ownership. The other wants security. 🔥 DETROIT ’67 | by Dominique Morisseau Now playing through November 1! 🎭 Directed by Aaron Reese Boseman 📍 eta Creative Arts Foundation 🎟️ www.pulsetheatrechicago.org #Detroit67 #BlackOwnership #PulseTheatreChicago #ChicagoTheatre
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🎬 THE VISIONARY BEHIND THE VISION. Meet Aaron Reese Boseman — critically acclaimed director, multi-award-nominated theatre artist, and Co-Founder & Executive Artistic Director of Pulse Theatre Chicago. A Jeff Award nominee for Best Direction, with additional nominations from the Black Theatre Alliance and Black Excellence Awards, Boseman continues to make his mark on Chicago theatre through bold storytelling, fearless artistry, and an unapologetic commitment to the human experience. From directing the Jeff Award-winning Once on This Island to bringing Dominique Morisseau's DETROIT ’67 to life, his work continues to challenge, provoke, and move audiences. 🎭 Go behind the scenes with the man bringing the PULSE to the stage. DETROIT ’67 | Now playing through November 1 📍 eta Creative Arts Foundation #AaronReeseBoseman #Detroit67 #PulseTheatreChicago #JeffAwards #ChicagoTheatre BlackTheatre BehindTheVision
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🔥 HOT TICKET DEALS 🔥 DETROIT ’67 by Dominique Morisseau 🎭 HOT TIX IT’S THEATRE SEASON BUY ONE, GET ONE 50% OFF 2 TICKETS FOR $45 OR HOT TIX SINGLE TICKETS $30 + FEES Limited supply. Available at Hot Tix. 🎟️ INDUSTRY TICKETS $28.75 + TAX & FEES PROMO CODE: POINTDEXTER For theatre & entertainment industry professionals. Proof of industry required. ⭐ WONDERSTUDY SHOWCASES ⭐ MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 $28.75 + TAX & FEES Come see our Wonderstudies COOK. 👨🏾‍🍳🔥 DETROIT ’67 NOW PLAYING THROUGH NOVEMBER 1
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The transformation never happens overnight. Video coming soon‼️ #ChicagoRap #BackpackRap #LyricalRap #IndieRap #UndergroundHipHop
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THE CHEFS BEEN COOKING. 👨🏾‍🍳🔥 NOW IT’S TIME TO SERVE. Meet the WONDERSTUDIES of DETROIT ’67. They’ve been in the room. They’ve done the work. They know these characters, this story, and this world — and trust us, the chefs have been COOKING. ✨ THE WONDERSTUDY COMPANY ✨ Jen Agather — Caroline Michael Ashford — Sly Destin Patton-Warner — Lank Y’vonne-Rose Smith — Bunny Marlissa Stalling — Chelle Directed by Assistant Director AnJi White Come experience Dominique Morisseau’s DETROIT ’67 through the artistry and fresh energy of our Wonderstudy Company. Same story. Different chefs. And baby… THE KITCHEN IS HOT. 🔥 🎭 INDUSTRY MONDAYS October 12 & October 26 Industry Tickets: $28.75 + tax & fees 🎭 DETROIT ’67 📍 eta Creative Arts Foundation 🎟️ PulseTheatreChicago.org Come see what the Wonderstudies have been cooking. 👨🏾‍🍳🔥 #Detroit67 #PulseTheatreChicago #Wonderstudies #TheChefsAreCooking #ChicagoTheatre BlackTheatre DominiqueMorisseau ChicagoActors
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A little over a year ago, we opened the world premiere of Malcolm X and Redd Foxx Washing Dishes at Jimmy’s Chicken Shack!✊🏾 To every member of our cast, crew, and creative team — thank you for believing in this story and giving so much of yourselves to it. To @treysactinup & @importantjordan, I loved getting on that stage with the both of you. You both are such incredibly gifted artists and Redd Foxx would be so damn proud of your work! To our director @dextersingleton and our incredible playwright, @jonathannorton6010: thank you for trusting me with Malcolm. Looking forward to creating so magic with you both again in the future. Finally to Malcolm - what a blessing to step into your shoes. Thank you for allowing me to share your story, for guiding me towards reconnecting with my voice as a black artist, and for helping me get + remain sober so I can show up 100% each and every day in my life (9 months sober as of Friday). You are arguably the most misunderstood civil rights leader of the time and I hope I did your legacy justice with this piece. 🫡 With so much love + gratitude, - Edwin
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Rehearsals are full steam ahead for our nurses at Morey Medical Center 👩🏾‍⚕️👨🏾‍⚕️👩🏽‍⚕️👩🏿‍⚕️Nov 5th-15th, Nov 6th: Opening Night. Co-Produced w/ @coalescencetheatre (Link in Bio) Photo Credit: Khaliq Photography (@khaliq.photography) Karla Monay Shaw/RENEE COX Jacki Hydock/COLEEN LOPEZ Whitney Pipes/AMY CARTER Blake Dupree/REL VAUGHN Brea Weston/KAI PHILLIPS Felisha McNeal/MRS. DOLORES SHORTER K.C. McNeil/NEWS VO Autumn Nicole/RENEE COX US Lauryn Tillman/ AMY CARTER US Destiney Hadden/ KAI PHILLIPS US Robert Charles/REL VAUGHN US Assistant Director, Props Manager & Producing Executive Director of Perceptions Theatre : Jerluane “Jae” Jenkins Stage Manager : Lauren Littlejohn Assistant Stage Manager : Davauhn Rose Set Designer & Lighting Designer : Levi Wilkins Sound Designer & Projectionist :Aaron Harris Woodstein Costume Designer: Sawaan Tiwari Technical Director: William Huges Dialect Coach for Mrs. Shorter: Jennifer D. Edwards Social Media for Perceptions Theatre: Kwame Lilly Social Media for Coalescence Theatre Project: Zoe Allison Iving Videographer & Photographer: Jabari Khaliq Graphic Designer: Sam Oesterreich Producing Associate Artistic Director of CoalescenceTheatre Project: India Burton Producing Artistic Director of Coalescence: Don Shandrow About “Other Paths to God”: Five nurses, $3 million, one crazy scandal.The ICU nurses at Morey Medical Center don’t need another complication, but when money goes missing and fingers point in their direction, everyone’s on their worst and most outrageous behavior. ‘Other Paths To God’ was commissioned by the Horizon Theatre Company in Atlanta, Georgia as a part of their project called Black Women Speak (BWS). The play will be presented as a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere by the National New Play Network, an alliance of professional theaters that collaborate in innovative ways to develop, produce, and extend the life of new plays. #chicagotheatre #blackplaywrights #blackactors #blackdirectors #blacktheatre
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MEET JIMIECE GILBERT | BUNNY 🐰 Miss Bonita, Bunny herself! She’s got something to say—and Bunny is gonna say it. 👀 Jimiece Gilbert returns to the stage as Bunny in Pulse Theatre Chicago’s Detroit ’67! Previous credits include City of Water (Pulse Theatre Chicago), The House That Will Not Stand , ’night, Mother, and A Raisin in the Sun (Invictus Theatre Company), A New Attitude (Black Ensemble Theater) The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves (eta Creative Arts) . A lover of the performing arts, Jimiece believes in the power of storytelling to connect us, move us, and bring us together. Now she’s bringing all that energy to Bunny. And trust us…you’re going to want to meet her. DETROIT ’67 By Dominique Morisseau Directed by Aaron Reese Boseman September 11 – November 1 eta Creative Arts Foundation Come meet Bunny. 🎶🍷✨ #Detroit67 #PulseTheatreChicago #MeetTheCast #ChicagoTheatre #DominiqueMorisseau BlackTheatre SouthSideChicago ChicagoArts
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Congratulations to Levi J. Wilkins on receiving his 7th Jeff Award nomination! 🎉 Levi has been nominated for an Equity Jeff Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for Things With Friends at American Blues Theater. We're just going to say it: Levi is the best lighting designer in the city. If you disagree... tell it to yo' mama. 😌 His artistry, generosity, and unwavering commitment to the craft continue to illuminate stages across Chicago. We are proud to have Levi as part of the Pulse Theatre Chicago family, and we're thrilled to celebrate this well-earned recognition. Congratulations, Levi! Thank you for sharing your talent with our community. We're cheering you on every step of the way. 💙✨ And in a moment when there's a lot happening in our theatre community, we still believe it's important to pause and give artists their flowers. Today, we're proud to celebrate Levi and this well-deserved achievement. Spreading some love. #LeviJWilkins #LightingDesign #ChicagoTheatre #AmericanBluesTheater PulseTheatreChicago
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