Atlas Performing Arts Center to Host THE EVERY 28 HOURS PLAYS

On Saturday October 29, 2016 at 5pm in the Great Hall, The Atlas Performing Arts Center will host a presentation of The Every28Hours Plays. Produced by Every28Hours producer, Jeff Kirkman III and curated and directed by Sandra Holloway, Artistic Director of the Atlas' City@Peace program, the event will be performed by City@Peace members and alumni. Following the presentation Holloway will lead an interactive talkback between these artists and the audience.

This E28H happening, supported in partnership with Woolly Mammoth Theater, is part of a national civil rights theater initiative. Joining forces with theaters and universities around the nation this month, Atlas' City@Peace Program, whose roots are in social justice, will give voice to the heartache and the heartbeat that make up the collection of these plays confronting the murdering of black bodies by police and vigilantes.

City@Peace empowers teenagers to create informed, healthy, and vibrant communities. Using the performing arts as a vehicle, City at Peace is developing the next generation of engaged community leaders across the county.

This program steeped in the arts began in Washington D.C. in 1994 and rose as a response to the racial division and violence that destroyed youth and communities in the nation's capital. Teenagers, artists, parents and concerned community leaders came together to address the complex needs of youth and the social concerns of their communities regarding racism and youth violence. Since then they've been a training ground for performing artists where members develop skills in conflict resolution, personal storytelling, empathy, understanding, and leadership, alongside the skills needed for the stage.

Free and open to the public:

THE EVERY28HOURS PLAYS
Saturday, October 29th
5pm
Great Hall
Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002

Every 28 Hours (E28H) is a national theater partnership focused on the widely shared and contested statistic that a black person is killed by the police every 28 hours in the United States. The full collection of Every 28 Hours plays consists of 70-plus one-minute plays inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. Every 28 Hours is produced by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival under the leadership of OSF Community Producer Claudia Alick, and developed with Dominic D'Andrea (producing artistic director of The One-Minute Play Festival), artists from across the nation and in association with local St. Louis theater makers.

City@Peace is a leader development program for teens and young adults that provides a safe, collaborative and nurturing space to examine issues and conditions that divide. For more information about City @ Peace please see http://www.atlasarts.org/donate-2/city-at-peace/

The Atlas Performing Arts Center brings people together through the arts to create, connect and engage through compelling performances, events and initiatives spanning a range of artistic expressions, traditions and cultures. The Atlas is where the arts, culture and connection happen on H Street.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company - Now in its 37th Season, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company continues to hold its place at the leading edge of American theatre. Acknowledged as "one of the most influential outposts for the best new American plays" (The Washington Post) and "known for its productions of innovative new plays" (The New York Times), Woolly Mammoth is a national leader in the development of new works and one of the best known and most influential mid-sized theatres in America.