Making Art, Making History! Playwrights on Adapting Black History
Wed, Aug 5, 2020, 11:00 PM – Thu, Aug 6, 2020, 1:00 AM
Watch performance clips of five contemporary works of theater and join a discussion, along with moderators Lenwood Sloan and Nathaniel Popkin and:
Sharia Benn (Harrisburg): VOICES OF THE OLD 8TH!
Momo St. Clair (Philadelphia): MR. DUBOIS!
Gene Bruskin (Baltimore): THE MOMENT WAS NOW!
Rex Daugherty (Washington, D.C.): THE CROSSING
Karl “Dice” Raw (Philadelphia): HENRY BOX BROWN
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