The first Potluck and Play in the new space was a great experience! The readers read the hell outta their characters and the listeners were so thoughtful in their responses to this powerful, brutal and funny piece of theatre. To the bone it was indicative of what I wish the Performance Studio space to feel like. Home and comfort. ****** Potluck and Play is a series of play readings that I will host at Performance Studio with good people,…
Prairie Rivers Network and theatre artist Latrelle Bright have teamed up for a "Journey to Water", an effort to connect and discuss the relationship of African-Americans to water and local water sources. An intergenerational group of 20 African Americans will caravan to the Middle Fork Vermillion River for a day excursion on Saturday, September 22nd. The event is free and will be filled with storytelling, story-sharing, photography, canoeing, art and education about water, our precious resource. This effort is made…
Artist, Latrelle Bright, speaks about her artwork on this episode of Art Now. Art Now is an award-winning mini-documentary series that has produced over 80 episodes on local artists working in Champaign-Urbana and the surrounding areas since July 2010. A joint production by the Urbana Public Arts Program and Urbana Public Television, Art Now highlights members of the Urbana's creative community and introduces local artists to the viewers of the program. For more information, visit: www.urbanaillinois.us/artnow. Art Now Interview with…
I am happy to announce that I will be performing a new solo piece at the Voices of the South Memphis FRINGE Performance Festival in April 2018! Stories in the Water explores deeply rooted relationships black people have with our most precious resource. From the shore of the vast ocean to the “community” swimming pool, a woman leads an expedition through the memory water holds. Leaving the safety of solid ground, water engulfs her, carries her across space time and delivers her…
The Station Theatre presents: Promo Video FUN HOME based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel Music Jeanine Tesori Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Moving between past and present, Alison relives her unique childhood playing at the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home, her growing understanding of her…
After participating in Smitha Vishveshwara's Where the Arts Meet Physics course for the past two spring semesters, we have created a new multi-media, interdisciplinary piece about the quantum world. Quantum Voyages Friday, March 30, 2018 at 7:30pm iHotel Conference Room Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 7:30pm Beckman Institute Auditorium Click Here for the FACEBOOK Event Illini News Bureau Article Quantum Voyages Promo Video Into the Quantum World Theatre Workshop of Quantum Voyages Join us on Saturday, December 16th from 12:30-4:30 to…