The Ensemble Theatre Presents Of a Darker Hue in Artist Highlight Project

This October, The Ensemble Theatre presents Of a Darker Hue as part of its Artist Highlight Project, an initiative within the theatre’s Celebrating the Creative Journey programming that honors the extraordinary talent of local Black artists in Houston. Written by award-winning playwright Reginald Edmund and directed by Errol Anthony Wilks, the production transforms the stage into a lantern-lit ritual space where the past rises to speak, and the audience becomes both witness and keeper of these stories.

Of a Darker Hue follows the voices of Marjorie Good, Micah Eli, Hope, Derek Eli McPrudence, Gloria, and others, taking audiences through haunted roads, shuttered diners, burning dreams, and moments of supernatural defiance. These stories go beyond ghost tales—they reflect the resilie