This weekend in the arts: a Haunted House at Bread and Salt, The Old Globe's AXIS Day of the Dead; "Murder Ballads"; "Noche Familiar" at The Shell; a silent movie and ofrendas and altars across the region.
This weekend in the arts: a Haunted House at Bread and Salt, The Old Globe's AXIS Day of the Dead; "Murder Ballads"; "Noche Familiar" at The Shell; a silent movie and ofrendas and altars across the region.
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The Old Globe’s Powers New Voices Festival returns next week with a slate of new works from both local and nationally renowned Black and Latino playwrights.
The eighth annual festival will be streamed online from Jan 21 through 24 on the Hopin digital platform. All performances begin at 7 p.m. Free 30-minute preshow panel discussions will be presented on three nights. Festival admission is free but reservations are required at theoldglobe.org. Registration is now open. Here’s a look at the lineup:
Thursday, Jan. 21: Celebrating Community Voices
An evening of short plays that were developed in the Old Globe’s Community Voices and CoLAB community play development workshops. The four San Diego playwrights featured are Queen Kandi Cole, KishaLynn “KL” Moore Elliott, Jonathan Hammond and Thelma Virata de Castro. The readings will be directed by Freedome Bradley-Ballentine, Katherine Harroff, Gerardo Flores Tonella and artistic associate Lamar Perry.