Evidence

Representation by Theater of the Oppressed

INVITATION TO ACTION: Who are the oppressed in “Theater of the Oppressed” in 2020? DESCRIPTION: Representation by Oppression: This festival featured forum theatre troupes from three community organizations serving the LGBTQ youth homeless population of New York City: the Ali Forney Center, the Hetrick-Martin Institute, & The Door. These troupes came together with City Council […]

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Anna Deavere Smith on Identity, Racism, and Disrupting the System

INVITATION TO ACTION: Read a scene from any of Anna Deavere Smith’s plays DESCRIPTION: Anna Deavere Smith speaks to her work at Signature’s first play reading for Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. She and Michael Benjamin Washington (from Signature’s 2019 production of Smith’s Fires in the Mirror) evoke Ntozake Shange’s poetic words about identity. SOURCE: CONTRIBUTOR:  HASHTAGS: #theater […]

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Aleshea Harris “In This Fine Suit”

INVITATION TO ACTION: share widely! DESCRIPTION: In This Fine Suit, On Being a Black Playwright SOURCE: CONTRIBUTOR: Anon HASHTAGS: #blacklivesmatter #TCG2020 #TCG20 #spokenword #art #alesheaharris #theater #theateroftheoppressed #artrevolution #artdisruption #artactivism #poetry

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Unknown Thousands: Every 28 Hours

INVITATION TO ACTION: Share On Social Media. Use as a roadmap to create demands in your respective local struggles. DESCRIPTION: The Every 28 Hours Plays is a series of short plays inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. BAYCAT was fortunate to partner with the Every 28 Hours coalition to produce three short video excerpts of […]

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