FREEDOM TRAIN PRESENTS:

The OFFSTAGE FORUMS 2010 Series

THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010 @ 730PM
BLACK/OUT Stories

SUMMER 2010
Kinks and Politics
Unburdened

The Brecht Forum
451 West Street, Manhattan NYC

Artists and community share why black queer closets aren't as dark as you think at BLACK/OUT STORIES. Pigtails or Perm? Straight or Kinky? Locks or that fly Grace Jones flat top?  Whatever the choice, KINKS AND POLITICS argues it's worthy political drama -- on stage and off. Today's emerging artists have freed their art from the burdens of representation by putting black emasculation, stereotypes, and [gasp!] white folk on a black stage.  Join us at UNBURDENED to collectively scream What the f**k!?

OFFSTAGE FORUMS gather community and artists together to explore the broader questions of the political theatre that resident playwrights -- Steve Harper, Azure D. Osborne-Lee, and Jerome Parker -- create.

Freedom Train Productions programs these discussions during the play development process in order to strengthen idea exchanges between artists and audience. OFFSTAGE FORUMS are panel-free spaces and forums in the round that encourage everyone to participate and break the fourth wall of panel vs. audience, active vs. passive, and expert vs. non-expert.

These conversations are free and open to the public.

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