In taking a work written by a racist, possibly closeted writer and turning it into an inclusive, collaborative experience, the Black and Queer artists of DNAWORKS have opened up a space for collective healing.
Author: Julie-Anne Whitney
CST’s ‘Breaking the Code’ Is Not To Be Missed
Central Square Theater’s stirring production of Hugh Whitemore’s Breaking the Code follows the turbulent but brilliant life of one of the world’s most important thinkers.
Lyric Stage’s “…Shamelessly Gorgeous” Puts Black Women Center Stage
At the center of Lyric Stage Company’s production of Pearl Cleage’s Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous is Anna Campbell (Patrice Jean Baptiste), an older Black actress whose claim to fame was a one-woman show in which she performed–in the nude–all the male monologues from August Wilson’s plays.
SpeakEasy’s ‘The Antiquities’ Warns of Future Dangers of A.I.
Jordan Harrison’s play asks us to consider: what makes us human? How do we maintain our humanity in such a rapidly changing and increasingly violent world? How has technology changed us? And in creating that technology, have we unknowingly manufactured our own destruction?
