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October 31, 2018 | Theatre, Race and Equity, News,

The Narrow Path to U.S. Citizenship

  Becoming a United States citizen is a process laden with bureaucratic loopholes, stifling processes, and nearly aspect is requires a innate knowledge of the immigration system. With President Trump’s...

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October 23, 2018 | Theatre, Race and Equity,

Quilting The Narrative

Throughout the performance of The Peculiar Patriot, Liza Jessie Peterson, as Betsy LaQuanda Ross, constructs a quilt, carefully sewing together the narrative of her incarcerated friends and family, each square of...

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October 19, 2018 | Theatre, Race and Equity,

What do private colleges have to do with prisons?

The Peculiar Patriot (OCT 17-28) is amazing audiences throughout its Boston debut. Liza Jessie Peterson’s poetry and command of the stage communicate a story beyond the walls of any theatre and...

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October 17, 2018 | Events, Theatre, Race and Equity,

Arts Activism in America: Igniting Change

  This past weekend, ArtsEmerson was honored to be a part of the 10th Annual Boston Book Festival! Beyond interacting with our community and meeting so many of you, we...

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October 11, 2018 | Theatre, Race and Equity,

The Peculiar Patriot: An Extended Reading Guide

Not only is Liza Jessie Peterson a remarkable playwright, performer, and activist, but she is also an accomplished author in the genres of spoken word poetry and non-fiction. Peterson published...

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October 10, 2018 | Theatre, Race and Equity,

Measure for Measure and #MeToo

Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure is an unexpectedly modern play. Though it was written in the 17th century, each time it resurfaces it brings along a modern context. Struggling against the...

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October 4, 2018 | Theatre, Race and Equity,

Mass Incarceration In Massachusetts

The United States is the world’s leader in incarceration, with more than 2.2 million people in the nation’s prisons and jails–that’s 716 out of every 100,000 citizens behind bars. In...

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September 14, 2018 | Race and Equity, Theatre,

Spitting Truth: The Spoken Word of Alex Alpharaoh

  In WET: A DACAmented Journey, Alex Alpharaoh tells his true, real life story of what it means to be an American in every sense of the word except one: on...

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