A.R.T. to Host Second Response Event at OBERON This Weekend

In an effort to respond to current events, in our nation and closer to home, the A.R.T. staff invites members of our community, audience, artists, and civilians to come together to reflect and share this Sunday, November 13 at OBERON.

An especially grueling and harrowing election season has come to a close and voices of hate and violence ring loudly in our ears. How do we, as citizens, have productive conversations that cross ever-widening rifts? As artists, what is our role in that conversation? The American Repertory Theater invites you - artists and friends - to join us at OBERON as we respond to the challenges of the hostile rhetoric that's fueled our national conversation over the past year. Guests are welcome to bring a small work (reading, poem, etc) to contribute to this evening of sharing, or to respond to other guests' offerings and help us begin the process of discussion, understanding, and activism.

For those interested in sharing, we ask that you keep your contribution to 2-3 minutes. We hope that this convening, the second response event we have held at OBERON, will foster opportunities for future sharing and connection.

Doors open at 6:30PM, sharing begins at 7PM. This is a FREE event. RSVP is encouraged. If you have any questions, email responseevent@amrep.org.

The A.R.T. believes that the theater, as a live art form, has the opportunity to respond to current events. As artists we often create work that takes years of development and reflects on past histories. With a desire to respond more quickly to current events of our time, in real time, the A.R.T. moved to host an event this August in response to the shootings of civilians and officers alike, inviting our community to talk, listen, and reflect. This second event reflects on the rhetoric of hate that infused the campaign leading up to the election. A third event is planned for January, during the OBERON I.D. Festival and the A.R.T. premiere of Trans Scripts.