Name: #poolparty Community Preview
Start: 2018-06-22T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2018-06-22T22:00:00-04:00
Location: Joe's Movement Emporium

#poolparty Community Preview

Ally Theatre Company produces theatre designed to engage audiences through acknowledging and confronting systemic oppression in America.We aim tojoin the vital conversations -- sparked by generations of thinkers, writers, performers, and activists who paved the way before us -- conversations that continue each and every day -- by:-Placing underrepresented populations at the front and center of our narratives and our organization;-Forming alliances with individuals and organizations who share a similar mission;-Producing new theatrical works making their world, national, or local premieres; and-Tackling existing theatrical works that forward the conversation.​In doing so, we hope to play a small part in creating the space and opportunity needed to form new traditions and conversations, while steadily inching toward the eradication of systemic violence, prejudice, and racism in our society.

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<DIV CLASS="paragraph">A young competitive swimmer is drowning in the shocking videos flooding her news feed. A beloved figure surfaces from the past to set the stage for his family’s story. Siblings share long-buried memories and honor their father’s courage in the face of discrimination. And the surprising truth of the doggy paddle is revealed... #poolparty sheds light on an unexpected invitation that launches the family into motion: the discovery of historical documents at a private swim club leads to a reckoning with the past. Ally Theatre Company dives into the strange history of swimming pools and confronts the gates that still slam shut today. Six actors evoke a host of vivid characters, swirling around the family at the heart of #poolparty. In a myth-busting demonstration of the fallacy of race, they flip from role to role – across type, time, and space – exposing the fatal consequences of racial prejudice: How can you breathe when your head is always under water? ​</DIV>

Joe's Movement Emporium

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