Who We Are

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.

Why We Do This Work

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.

What We Do

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.

Our Work

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

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Executive Committee

Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates
Artistic Director

Trey Hartt
Associate Director

Olisa Enrico
Secretary

Andrienne Wilson
Community Outreach Coordinator


703 946-5217


2302 Falkirk Ave. Richmond, VA 23236


Upcoming Events

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


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