JAN 29 - FEB 27, 2016


POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS

 
SUN, FEB 7, 2016
Following the Sunday, February 7th performance Dramaturg Ramona Ostrowski and guests Jody Leader from the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis and Abby Wolf from Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research will examine the way race and identity have been handled in fictional narratives over the past 200 years, and focuses on the way those portrayals have shaped our cultural ideals today, both broadly and on an individual level.

SUN, FEB 14, 2016
Following the Sunday, February 14th performance Dramaturg Ramona Ostrowski and guests Lynne Layton from the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis and Professor Sunil Swaroop of Emerson College will explore the ways that depictions of race and nationality can inform American perceptions of identity and belonging.

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SHOW INFO

  • Location: Emerson/Jackie Liebergott Black Box
  • Run time: 3 hours with one intermission

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ARTISTS

  • A co-production with Company One Theatre
  • Written by: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
  • Directed by: Summer L. Williams
  • Cast: Kadahj Bennett, Elle Borders, Harsh Gagoomal, Brandon Green, Bridgette Hayes, Shawna M James, Obehi Janice, Amelia Lumpkin, Brooks Reeves