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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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March 18, 2019 | Theatre,

Unpacking the Shakespeare in American Moor

Keith Hamilton Cobb’s stunning, tour-de-force solo performance of American Moor (APR 10-21) is filled with references from Shakespeare’s greatest works, with characters and events from the Bard’s vast folio.  We’ve put together...

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March 14, 2019 | Theatre, What Did You Think?,

Let’s Talk About An Inspector Calls

Thank you for joining us for the National Theatre’s An Inspector Calls! We are so proud to present this landmark production in the Cutler Majestic .  J.B. Priestley’s script offers all the twist...

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