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The 44th stamp in the Black Heritage series honors playwright August Wilson (April 27, 1945-October 2, 2005), the “the theater’s poet of Black America,” who brought fresh perspectives and previously unheard voices to the American stage.
The stamp features an oil painting of Wilson based on a 2005 photograph. Behind Wilson, a picket fence alludes to the title of
Fences, one of his best-known plays. Eerily, the way the fence is depicted recalls Ku Klux Klan hoods with eyeholes, a subtle reminder that peering over his shoulder, and over the shoulders of every Black American in particular but truly over the entire nation, is the violent history of enslavement and Jim Crow from 1619 onward.
Youâre New Here, Arenât You? Digital Theaterâs Unexpected Upside
Companies and venues that put work online are finding big, new and younger audiences â but little revenue.
Pittsburgh Public Theater has found an audience for streamed shows like âThe Gift of the Mad Guys,â an adaptation of O. Henryâs âThe Gift of the Magi.âCredit.via Pittsburgh Public Theater
Five days after the coronavirus quieted performing arts venues, the Irish Repertory Theater found its voice.
It was St. Patrickâs Day, after all â not an occasion to go unacknowledged, even during a pandemic. So the humble nonprofit started posting homespun videos of company members performing Irish-themed songs, poems and monologues on social media.
Among Parton s philanthropic efforts, she founded a library designed for children under 5 to improve their literacy skills. She has also been vocal about COVID-19 efforts, participating earlier this month in a fundraiser for nonprofit arts organization Center Theater Group in Los Angeles, which has been out of operation since March due to the pandemic.
Last year, she created a YouTube series called
Goodnight With Dolly, which provided a distraction for children in this time of unrest. Parton also made a million-dollar donation to Vanderbilt University to help them develop the Moderna vaccine.
In thanking the Tennessee legislature for their bill and desire to erect the statue, Parton wrote in her message that she is honored and humbled.