N#GGER WETB#CK CH#NK & Follow up Discussions
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Posted by , March 12, 2007
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The play about “those words” is stirring things up across the United States on their 2006-2007 National Tour. The LA-based theater company Speak Theater Arts thinks the rest of the country is ready for a comedy – yes, a comedy - about race in America - N#GGER WETB#CK CH#NK.
Blending theater, hip-hop, stand-up comedy, slam poetry, and true-life stories with their own original style, three tour-de-force performers take on racial slurs, stereotypes and the concept of race itself in this 90-minute stage production.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Linda K. Paresky Conference Center
Overflow with live streaming in rooms E303 & C302
7:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
Moderated follow up discussion immediately after the event in room C103 and again on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 in room L004 from 12:30-2:30pm.
This is a FREE but ticketed event (only 245 tickets available). Tickets are available to members of the Simmons Community with a valid Simmons ID, only one ticket per person. Tickets can be picked up from the Student Box Office Monday-Friday 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. and from the Office of Student Leadership and Activities, W002, from 2:00-4:30 p.m.
This event is sponsored by the Campus Activities Board in conjunction with:
The Asian Students Association; The Black Student Organization; Organizacion Latino Americana; The Council of Black Administrators, Faculty, and Staff; Hillel; Multicultural Affairs/Student Life; and the Office of Student Leadership and Activities.
The cast/co-writers Miles Gregley, Rafael Agustin, Allan Axibal say, “the show traces the origins and evolution of three derogatory terms that shaped our lives and took the place of a genuine understanding of our distinct cultures. In doing this show we hope to de-power these words for ourselves and for our audiences.”
For more information on NWC:The Race Show please visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLESDleDgXY
http://www.NWClive.com
http://www.NWCbackstage.com
http://www.Speaktheaterarts.com
The Campus Activities Board can be reached at cab@simmons.edu and at (617) 521-2425.
Please Note: This show contains adult language.
