Black Grrrls & the Bard: Brilliant BIPOC Artists Changing the Converation

Black Grrrls & the Bard: Brilliant BIPOC Artists Changing the Converation

Panel discussion about the triumphs & tribulations of being a black female Shakespearean and how they are changing the world of Shakespeare.

By Elm Shakespeare Company

Date and time

Thursday, June 13 · 7:30 - 9:30pm EDT

Location

Sterling Memorial Library

120 High Street New Haven, CT 06511

About this event

  • 2 hours

ONE NIGHT ONLY
Yale's Sterling Memorial Library

Join national BIPOC leaders in classical theater as they discuss what has been accomplished and what remains to be done in the transformation of American theatre and the relevancy of Shakespeare production in our world.

The 90-minute discussion will be a hybrid event with speakers both in person and online. Questions will be welcomed from both the live audience and online and there will be a specific online moderator. It will also include frank discussion about race and gender both in the context of creating productions of Shakespeare and in the theatrical community at large. Also, the webinar will be hosted on the Elm Shakespeare website for future viewing.

This event is possible through support from CT Humanities, Yale University, the City of New Haven Dept. of Arts Culture and Tourism, and the Elizabethan Club.

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Elm Shakespeare Company

Elm Shakespeare Company is professional theater in New Haven, CT that has been bringing people together through Shakespeare for over 25 years. Best known for its large-scale outdoor summer performances in Edgerton Park performing FREE for 30,000 people each August, Elm Shakespeare Company also serves 1,000 students each year, in schools and out, with its innovative education programs, and thousands more online through Building a Brave New Theatre event and discsussion series. Find out more at www.ElmShakespeare.org.