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March 22, 2017 | What Did You Think?,

What did you think of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower?

Thank you for joining us for Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower! We are honored that you joined the circle to hear the musical exploration of this important and insightful...

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March 15, 2017 | Theatre,

Announcing the winner of the Parable of the Sower art contest!

Thank you to everyone who entered the Parable of the Sower call for art contest! Here’s a gallery of the submissions: [Artist names top row, left to right: Ayana Mack (2) Barrington Edward(4),...

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March 13, 2017 | Theatre,

2017 IRNE Award Nominees Announced

  Congratulations to ALL IRNE Awards nominees! We are especially proud of this season’s Mala by Melinda Lopez being up for best solo performance. Congratulations, Melinda and director David Dower!...

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March 13, 2017 | Theatre,

Virtuosic Women Come Together to Create Something New

  Parable of the Sower program note by co-artistic director, P. Carl. Collaboration is what makes theatre such a unique artform; you can never make it in isolation and often...

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March 3, 2017 | Theatre,

On Afrofuturism

  What is Afrofuturism? The mixing of black culture with sci-fi has been explored for many, many decades, though the specific term was only coined back in 1993. In the midst...

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February 23, 2017 | Theatre,

An interview with an Emerson College student who grew up near Leenane in Ireland

  Tommy Higgins is a senior Communication Studies major from Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania at Emerson College. Tommy’s family is originally from County Galway, Ireland in the Province of Connacht where...

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