UPDATE: This story has been updated since it's original publication. The performances have been rescheduled for Oct. 16 and 17.
One of the most important roles of live theater is that it gives audiences a window — or sometimes a mirror — of empathy through which we can view the world. The theater is a safe space, but not one without discomfort. It’s a place where the stakes are not life and death, where we might be inspired to action or moved to tears, but at the end of the show, the lights go up, the curtains close, and the audience returns to normal life.
(Re)current Unrest challenges this mindset. The work reflects the state of unrest caused by Black America’s social condition amidst the pursuit of the American Dream. As an evening-length immersive performance, the show debuts as a livestream dance film that will enable audiences to engage via text-based chats postperformance in order to have those difficult-yet-crucial conversations about the systemic racism that exists in our country.
