Actors Circle Ensemble To Present Zoom Series PICPLAYS
501(c)3 non-profit theater company Actors Circle Ensemble is producing the summer series "PICplays: Perform Inform Change," via Zoom free and open to the public. The online productions weave live storytelling coupled with presentations and Q&As by renowned guest speakers in their fields to inform and inspire audiences.
Upcoming Events:
Discrimination on Saturday, July 11 at 5pm PST
From a choreopoem inspired play that follows a BLM protester forced into solitary confinement, to Asian-American and African-American relations amidst the raging protests, and ending with a heart wrenching play inspired by the tragic story of Congolese-British citizen Belly Mujinga. The evening will conclude with a presentation and Q&A by Dr. Donavan L. Ramon, author of the forthcoming book Betraying Their Colored Descent: Racial Passing in American Literature, which centers on the psychoanalytic elements of racial passing.
Artists:
Speaker: Donavan Ramon, Ph.D.
Playwrights: Chance Parker, Dr. Hassan Abdulrazzak, Darryl Wharton
Directors: Baron Kelly, Melissa Mowry, Nico Sabenorio
Health Care on Saturday, July 18 at 5pm PST
From women's health and abortion rights, to job loss and a son's dire needs, to the ludicrously complicated American health care system, and ending with a play's exploration of one of the worst sterilization campaigns propagated by the U.S. and Puerto Rican governments in the mid-20th century. The evening will conclude with a lecture and Q&A by economist Dr. Robert Pollin whose forthcoming book is co-authored by iconoclast Noam Chomsky.
Artists:
Speaker: Robert Pollin, Ph. D.
Playwrights: Minita Gandhi, Doug Bradshaw, Kisha Tikina Burgos, Samuel Blue Gibson
Directors: Adam Davenport, Victoria Sook, and Rui Dun
Free & open to the public, please register below to receive your Zoom link:
https://www.actorscircleensemble.com/picplays-audience-registration
The whole evening is free and open to the public. Donate if you can. GoFundMe
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6 Out of 10 Theatre 68 (8/20-8/20) |
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After the Blast The Broadwater Second Stage (8/05-8/13) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Emily Skinner: In Concert Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/14-8/15) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) (10/11-10/11) |
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John Lloyd Young Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/21-8/22) |
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Love, Loss and What I Wore Sawyer's Playhouse (8/08-8/30) |
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Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (9/10-9/20) |
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The Totally Awesome Prom: The ’80s Night to Remember Torrance Cultural Arts Center (5/01-5/01) |