<br/>Join Ford Hall Forum for a spirited conversation with <b>Stevie Walker-Webb</b>, acclaimed Tony-nominated director of <i>Ain't No Mo</i>', actor, activist and director of the play <i>Fat Ham</i>, <b>Dawn Simmons</b>, Associate Director of <i>Fat Ham</i>, and co-producing director of <i>Front Porch Arts Collective</i>, and <b>Regine Vital</b>, theatre artist, educator, and <i>Actors' Shakespeare Project</i> Associate Producer. <br/>The evening's moderator is <b>Pascale Florestal</b>, Director of Education, Front Porch Arts Collective, and Visiting Guest Artist Professor in Practice at Suffolk University.<br/><br/>The evening's panel will discuss the evolution of Shakespeare's work and how race and other intersections influence these stories and reflect of the world today. The panel will explore fresh new perspectives and d
New Repertory Theatre has announced the Directors for each of the plays of its 2023 Season, as the company continues to build on its nearly 40-year legacy of excellent, provocative theatrical productions that speak to the vital issues of our time.
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Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla. Photographs by Sunny Leerasanthanah and Jasmine Durhal. Pictured: David Antonio Cruz, Gabriella Sanchez, Jasmin Hernandez, and Firelei Báez. Book cover courtesy of Abrams.
The art world often represents some of the most elitist and exclusionary cultural gatekeeping in today’s society, and a pervasive, pernicious lack of diversity might lead many to think that Black and Brown creatives simply don’t exist in such spaces. However, despite being massively underrepresented, many Black, Indigenous and other people of color (BIPOC) individuals aren’t just working in the art world they’ve found their own radical ways to thrive in it. These are exactly the people that Jasmin Hernandez highlights in her stunning new book,