Citizen Read
A dynamic series of events activating public dialogue on race and identity in America.
BETHANY M. ALLEN
Bethany M. Allen is a mother, writer, and community organizer. After working as a facilitator on Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education, she returned to the A.R.T. to moderate Act II conversations for Trans Scripts and The Bitter Game. Her organizing work focuses on creating opportunities for radical, deep connections within and across communities to promote transformational change rooted in racial and gender justice and the belief that everyone deserves to be free.
BETSY BARD
Betsy Bard is a social worker and the Manager of First Steps Day Care at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. She is also a teaching artist and playwright for Central Square Theater. Her plays are works of investigative theater. Circle Up, which is her current play, explores the academic/opportunity gap and is currently on tour in the Boston area. Betsy was a facilitator for Anna Deavere Smith’s Notes from the Field at the A.R.T.
KEVIN BECERRA
Kevin Becerra currently works as the Artistic Engagement Manager at ArtsEmerson, where he produces events and facilitates conversations between artists and audiences. Previous positions include National New Play Network Producer in Residence at Actor’s Express in Atlanta and Allen Lee Hughes New Play Producing Fellow at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Kevin trained as a Dramaturg at the University of Arizona.
LIZZY COOPER DAVIS
Lizzy Cooper Davis is an artist and scholar interested in how the arts can facilitate community conversation, resistance, and change. She has performed nationally as an actor, collaborates regularly with artists and organizers, and teaches at Emerson College.
ROBERT DUFFLEY
Robert Duffley is Editor & Assistant Dramaturg for A.R.T., where he facilitates community and creative conversations. In producing and attending theater, Robert pursues a vision of public spaces where, together, we perform the democratic possibilities of embodied politics and consequential communication. Robert is also Dramaturgy Advisor at Emerson College.
ASHLEY HERRING
Ashley Herring is privileged to work with young artists at a charter school in Dorchester. Ashley loves to gather with people, especially black people, and create art that heals and reveals. Ashley believes that #BlackLivesMatter.
TRINA JACKSON
As the Practice Leader for Community Engagement at TSNE MissionWorks, Trina manages the Inclusion Initiative, a grant program which funds cross-sector, collaborative work for economic justice in communities of color. Her background includes facilitating community dialogues, and consulting on issues of anti-oppression, civic engagement, economic justice, racial justice, leadership development, collaboration, and movement building.
KATHY McDONOUGH
Kathy McDonough is an assistant professor of education at Wheelock College who focuses on supporting the development of teachers’ sociopolitical consciousness related to issues of race and intersecting identities. She was an Act II facilitator for Anna Deveare Smith’s Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education at the American Repertory Theater and is currently co-facilitating professional development courses in area school districts to build racial literacy and address issues of equity and inclusion.
JAMES MONTAÑO
James Montaño is a dramaturg, playwright, and educator hailing from Santa Fe, New Mexico and currently based in Boston, Massachusetts. Recent dramaturgical credits include: Displaced (Boston Conservatory), Trans Scripts, The Pirate Princess (American Repertory Theater), and Dream Play (Harvard TDM). James is the Education and Community Programs Fellow at the A.R.T. and a graduate of the A.R.T. / MXAT Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University and holds a B.A. from UMass Amherst.
BRENNA NICELY
Brenna Nicely is the Education and Community Programs Manager at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts as well as a stage director, dramaturg, translator, and playwright based in Greater Boston. Recent dramaturgy credits include multiple productions at the American Repertory Theater, plus projects with the Moscow Art Theatre, Boston Experimental Theatre, Fort Point Theater Channel, and Goethe-Institut Boston.
LESLIE STERLING
The Rev. Leslie K. Sterling (“Amma Leslie”) is an Episcopal priest serving a parish in Central Square Cambridge. Through preaching, public speaking and political commentary, her life proclaims the message that “Christian” does not mean “conservative,” “bigoted” or “Republican”. Liberal people of faith have been actively involved with every social justice movement in the history of our country, and current political realities inspire her to fight for inclusive justice with more passion than ever before.
MAUREEN WHITE
Maureen White is an artist, consultant, and coach based in Boston. Her work is focused on engaging communities to work collaboratively to address social justice issues, particularly racial equity. She helps organizations and individuals to gain clarity about where they are and where they want to go, and facilitates the development of strategies to get there. Maureen holds a B.A. in Urban Studies and Public Policy from Boston University.
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