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Month: July 2020

Kim Jackson

Review: WTF’s Virtual Fringe Festival is Off to a Strong Start

Embracing both the challenges and opportunities of technology, the Women’s Theatre Festival Fringe series streamed a variety of “live” performances on Saturday night, providing a possible glimpse of how we might be experiencing theatre as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Read what Kim Jackson has to say about the first weekend of virtual productions.

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Live Chat with Hayden Tyler

Hear what Hayden Tyler has to say to RDU on Stage about equity, accessibility, opportunity, and queer visibility on stage and off.

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Live Chat with Jacqueline E. Lawton (XIX)

Following a two-day workshopping process of Jacqueline E. Lawton’s new play XIX about the role of Black women in the women’s suffrage movement, the Women’s Theatre Festival is presenting a virtual reading of excerpts from the play during their WTF Fringe Festival. Hear what Lawton has to say in advance of the reading to RDU on Stage.

TORN: Theater on Racial Negativity

Ep. 5: Theater on Racial Negativity

TORN (Theater on Racist Negativity) was launched in June 2020 by RDU on Stage and Juan Isler to address equity, diversity, and inclusion issues within the Triangle theater community. Each week, a diverse panel discusses issues on race in an effort to nurture, engage, and educate. Aya Wallace moderates this panel discussion.