FREEDOM TRAIN PRESENTS:
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22ND @ 730PM:
Post Apocalyptic: New Freedoms, New Communities
Forever war. Economic disaster. Global warming. You ready? Come listen and dialogue.
Brecht Forum
451 West Street in Manhattan
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*light dinner provided.
Forever war. Economic disaster. Global warming. Is all lost? Just as in Octavia Butler's post-apocalyptic futures, there are many groups of people today whose seemingly dis-utopic work actually serve a hopeful cause. We plan on celebrating and dialoguing with local folks from New York City who are doing such work. This is the last of three events in Freedom Train Productions' dialogue series, Offstage Forums 2009.
HIGHLIGHTED VOICES:
- Shaka McGlotten, PhD
Assistant Professor, SUNY Purchase
Focuses on race, desire, and technology
- Sheree Renee Thomas
Editor of Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora
Dark Matter on Amazon.com. Purchase at your local bookstore!
- YaliniDream*
Performance Poet
Focuses on identity, desire, spirituality, and the legacy of war
http://myspace.com/yalinidream
Post-Apocalyptic takes its inspiration from Resident Playwright Derek Lee McPhatter's new work in development: Bring the Beat Back and precedes its performance at Fire! New Play Festival in August. Audience community members are encouraged to bring their own item of inspiration or "playwright's gift" to share with Derek!
3 PRINCIPLES OF OFFSTAGE FORUMS::
Offstage Forums gather our audience community together to explore the broader implications of the political theatre on which our resident playwrights are working.
Freedom Train Productions programs these conversations ahead of Fire! New Play Festival in order to foster a true dialectic with our audience community and our artists as they are creating their new work.
Offstage Forums are panel-free conversations that happen in the round in order to encourage dialogue and equal participation across race, gender, sexuality, class, and education.
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