At Freedom Train’s core, our political theatre work challenges audiences to view character struggle from new perspectives – Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender characters. In only our second year of theatre work, we have had a number of critical successes:
- Autumn 06: Founder Andre Lancaster receives the prestigious NYU Wagner/OSI Foundation Social Justice Fellowship, an 18 month, full salaried fellowship bestowed to activists and artists committed to social change.
- August 07: Over 500 audience members and 50 theatre producers see the inaugural Fire! New Play Festival in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
- Winter 07: Playwright Nick Mwaluko is selected into The Public Theater’s Emerging Writer’s Program and Ensemble Studio Theatre admits Playwright Jesse Cameron Alick into its Youngblood Residency.
- Spring 08: Freedom Train receives its first Brooklyn Arts Council Award and hosts a panel at CUNY Graduate Center.
- June 08: Freedom Train packs an East Village bar for its After The Ballot political theatre performances.
- July 08: Fresh Fruit Theatre Festival stages Nick Mwaluko’s Are Women Human? – a Freedom Train developed and supported play.
- Summer 08: Freedom Train receives Union Square Arts Award’s two-year $35,000 grant support (previous recipients includes Hip Hop Theatre Festival and Asian American Writer’s Workshop).
By making a contribution to Freedom Train Productions, you make it possible for us to develop stimulating work that our crazy world so desperately craves.
To make a donation, visit this link. There you will be able to make a tax-deductible contribution to Freedom Train via our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas. Please be sure to leave us your phone number and email when you make your donation online Thank you for your support.
