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A Past Becomes a Heritage: The Negro Units of the Federal Theatre Project
A Humanities Council Magic Project launches a partnership between the LCA and New York city based CLASSIX, a collective of Black theater artists and scholars dedicated to expanding the classical theater canon through an exploration of dramatic works by Black writers. This kick-off event features recorded readings by professional actors of excerpts of plays written by artists in the New Deal-era Federal Theatre Project’s Negro Units. The readings serve as a springboard for a panel-led conversation on this moment in African American and theatrical history. With Autumn Womack (African American Studies and Department of English), Kinohi Nishikawa (African American Studies and Department of English) and Arminda Thomas (CLASSIX), moderated by Michael Dinwiddie (NYU). FREE; registration required for Zoom Webinar.
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