2015-2017
Civic Ensemble Presents: My Children, My Africa!
Civic Ensemble Promotional Video
Climates of Change: A Civic Ensemble Production
WRFI Interview with Sara Warner and Sarah K. Chalmers
Civic Ensemble to remount Fugard’s ’My Africa’
Ithaca Journal Preview
The Civic Ensemble of Ithaca Performs an Encore
WSKG Interview with Melanie Dreyer-Lude, Director of My Children! My Africa!
Civic Ensemble’s got the scoop on Climate Change
Ithaca Times
Climates of Change this weekend
WHCU Interview with Toby Ault and Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr.
Godfrey Simmons on My Children! My Africa!
WRFI Interview
Ithaca’s Civic Ensemble speaks to today’s racial tensions with ‘My Children! My Africa!’
Ithaca Voice
Godfrey Simmons directs Eugene O’Neill Play
WRFI Radio
Morning NewsWatch – All God’s Chillun Got Wings
WHCU Radio
All God’s Chillun Got Wings – Interview with Godfrey Simmons
PMA Podcast
Ithaca resident: How do we fix the community’s ‘big’ problems?
Op-ed, The Ithaca Voice
ReEntry Theatre Program Performs Friday and Saturday
WENY News
Former Inmates Create Plays through Civic Ensemble Program
The Ithacan
The Dreams & Nightmares of ReEntry
WHCU Radio
Simmons Starts New Conversation on Race with ‘On the Corner’
Cornell University – Dept. of Performing and Media Arts
ICTV Newswatch
ReEntry Theatre Program Turns Life Experiences Into Art
WENY News
Opportunities for Tompkins’ former convicts through ReEntry Theatre Program
Ithaca Voice
Civic Ensemble play brings current events to life onstage
Ithacan Article – Home: A Living Newspaper
Ithaca theatre company melds local history with “A Christmas Carol”
Ithaca Voice
Produced by Ashley Brilla
Editorial inspired by On The Corner
Odyssey
Talks on race continue with reprisal of play
Ithacan Article – On the Corner Remount
Out for Good: Getting Out of Jail and Staying Out
(Featuring ReEntry Theatre Program)
Ithaca Times
On the Corner, On Our Minds: American Racism
Cornell Daily Sun
Community-based theater company brings social issues to the stage
(With VIDEO)
Ithaca Week
Civic Ensemble’s Second Meditation on Race
Ithaca Times
Cultural activities will expand your mind
Ithaca Journal
Countdown to the Weekend: On the Corner
WICB Radio Interview with Sean Carney & Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr.
WHCU Radio Interview with Lee Rayburn & Sarah K. Chalmers
Best of Broadway: On The Corner
WICB Radio Interview with Michayla Savitt & Rachel Gould
Ithaca theater company helps disenfranchised find voice
Ithaca Journal
The Full Service Theatre—What We’ve Learned at Civic Ensemble
by Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr.
HowlRound
by Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr.
TCG Circle
The Case for the Full Service Theatre
by Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr.
TCG Circle
Civic Ensemble program to present evening of short plays
Ithaca Journal
What’s Good Ithaca
Civic Ensemble Debuts Theater Reentry Program
Ithaca Times
Video Article Produced by Karly Redpath & Emma Rizzo
Civic Ensemble encourages former inmate employment
Ithaca Week
Civic Ensemble Shares Results of Living Newspaper
Ithaca Times Preview
Civic Ensemble play brings current events to life onstage
The Ithacan
Civic Ensemble play to explore Ithaca’s affordable housing crisis
Ithaca Voice
Ithaca Civic Ensemble prepares for “Home: A Living Newspaper”
Video Article Produced by Noreyana Fernando
Multi-Faith Award Goes to ‘Safety’ Creators
Tompkins Weekly
Civic Ensemble to present ‘A More Perfect Union’
Ithaca Journal