MISSION – CREATING COMMUNITY ONE STORY AT A TIME.
MOTTO – TO CREATE WHAT WE NEED FROM WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GIFTED.

Invested in the equitable representation of Black people in the Arts and the world since creation.

We Art

The primary purpose of the Lower Bottom Playaz, Inc (LBP) is to foster the creation, production, and presentation of quality theater in the tradition of the Black Arts continuum. LBP is dedicated to the excavation, critical examination, and illumination of the conditions of North American cities and the lived realities of disenfranchised communities through the creation of original works, production of material available from the North American African canon, and the works of artists considered marginalized and/or whose works center Blackness. We employ artists to perform, create work, present work, and train youth in theater arts. We concentrate on the presentation and creation of work from a Black lens that connects us to the universal in the human condition, and enables dialogues that engage perceptions of difference, and issues of concern for the family human. LBP purposefully use performance as a way of increasing social awareness, providing an entry point to community concerns, as well as to stimulate, celebrate and enhance understanding of ourselves and others through the shared experience of live theatre. LBP utilizes the arts to create a more conscious and compassionate public sphere, as well as to inspire, nurture, challenge, educate and empower artists and audiences. We intend to foster more conscious and compassionate communities, to inspire in all of us the willingness to explore new ideas, and to generate dialogues concerning class, the social order, and equity for all. Our intentions are to entertain, inform, and educate, thereby enriching all we engage and adding value to the cultural fabric of the spaces we enliven.