We are a creative social justice organization that uses theatrical techniques and the dramatic form as a catalyst to inform, inspire and include everyone in the dialogue on racism in America.
Our mission is to promote, through active and challenging dramatic work, open and honest dialogue about racism in America in order to repair its damaging legacy. Our work illuminates the distortions of our country’s racial past, provides an honest interrogation of that past, while including marginalized, under-represented and unheard voices.
We believe that our clients are the experts of their own experience. Our role is to facilitate a process where we can break down barriers both cultural and otherwise that are inhibiting the community from tapping into its greatest potential.
We currently have a repertoire of six plays, two community collaborations, several skits and a variety of improvisational tools that we use to spark a dialogue. Our performances are representative of the color-wheel of the American cultural landscape: black, red, yellow, brown, and white. Each play identifies a specific color group, deconstructs the published history about that group, and compares and contrasts it to the “lived” history.
We also engage communities in collaborative, co-constructed, emergent processes to facilitate dialogue geared toward community empowerment. Examples of recent collaborations in Richmond, VA include partnerships with The Daily Planet concerning homelessness, and The Healing Place concerning the community of recovery and addiction
Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates
Artistic Director
Trey Hartt
Associate Director
Olisa Enrico
Secretary
Andrienne Wilson
Community Outreach Coordinator
2302 Falkirk Ave.
Richmond, VA 23236
January 22
Virginia Commonwealth University, VCUBrandcenter
February 17
Virginia Commonwealth University
co-sponsored by NAACP
March 10
Richmond, Virginia
haustalk with Thinkhaus
March
25 to March 28
Richmond, Virginia
Global Sexxx-ism: un-wrapped
April
1 to April 4
Richmond, Virginia
Yellow Fever: the internment
