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April 26, 2019 | Theatre,

Meet the Cast of See You Yesterday

See You Yesterday (MAY 16-19) features nineteen Cambodian performers who use their skills in acrobatics and circus performance to shatter a legacy of silence. Performed by second-generation survivors of the...

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April 25, 2019 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

Hello World: Artistic Director David Dower on the Final Two Shows of the 18/19 Season

Those of you who have become regulars around here will recognize /peh-LO-tah/ and See You Yesterday as prime examples of what we offer to Boston. From the outset we have...

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April 22, 2019 | Theatre, Race and Equity,

What Soccer Teaches Us About Freedom

In August 2017, Marc Bamuthi Joseph presented at TEDGlobal, addressing how his new artistic piece /peh-LO-tah/ sought to address the inequities and freedoms found on a soccer field. Told through...

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April 17, 2019 | Theatre, Race and Equity,

Marc Bamuthi Joseph: The Artist Behind /peh-LO-tah/

In 2017, Marc Bamuthi Joseph was commissioned by the Kennedy Center to write the play /peh-LO-tah/, which “uses the universal game of soccer to examine immigration”. This show has received...

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April 3, 2019 | Race and Equity, Theatre,

Who Gets To Perform Shakespeare?

The American Theatre suffers from a lack of representation. While significant strides have been made in the past and continuing into the present—from allowing women to perform alongside men in...

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April 2, 2019 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

“…The readiness is all” by Artistic Director David Dower

“White people in North America live in a social environment that protects and insulates them from race-based stress. This insulated environment of racial protection builds white expectations for racial comfort...

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March 28, 2019 | Theatre,

Playing the Stage: Sports and Theatre

Poet-performer Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s love of soccer is a heritage story. As a child of Haitian immigrants, the blissful freedom of the soccer field represented the race toward the American...

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March 22, 2019 | Theatre,

A Conversation with Iain Gillie, Producer of An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls (NOW-MAR 24) has traveled the world since it was revived in the early 1990s. Multiple tours and several theaters later, touring the An Inspector Calls set still...

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