Creating anti-racist theater

September 
7
, 
2018

Joseph Aoun

President of Northeastern University 

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Joseph E. Aoun, a leader in higher education policy and a renowned scholar in linguistics, is the seventh President of Northeastern University.


President Aoun has strategically aligned the University’s research enterprise with three global imperatives—health, security, and sustainability. Northeastern’s faculty focus on interdisciplinary research, entrepreneurship, and transforming academic research into commercial solutions for the world’s most pressing problems. During President Aoun’s tenure, the University has realized a 189 percent growth in external research funding, along with approximately 1,500 patent applications filed by faculty and students.

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CEO of Company

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The Next Act:

Creating Anti-racist Theater

As Black Lives Matter protests dominate the national stage, theaters shuttered by COVID-19 remain closed indefinitely. The hiatus is a chance for the theater industry to consider its past, present, and future, and its role in the racial justice movement. What forms does racism take in the theater? How must the industry change in terms of the environment and opportunities created for Black actors, directors, playwrights, and audiences? How can this moment of national reckoning be reflected onstage? Globe critic Don Aucoin talks with four leading Black theater artists about their experiences and insights, as well as their hopes for their own work and for theater in Boston.

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THE NEXT ACT

A Stage Set For Change

As Black Lives Matter protests dominate the national stage, theaters shuttered by COVID-19 remain closed indefinitely. The hiatus is a chance for the theater industry to consider its past, present, and future, and its role in the racial justice movement. What forms does racism take in the theater? How must the industry change in terms of the environment and opportunities created for Black actors, directors, playwrights, and audiences? How can this moment of national reckoning be reflected onstage? Globe critic Don Aucoin talks with four leading Black theater artists about their experiences and insights, as well as their hopes for their own work and for theater in Boston.

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THE NEXT ACT

Creating anti-racist theater

Friday
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September 
7
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2018
4:30pm
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7:30pm
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About the Event

As Black Lives Matter protests dominate the national stage, theaters shuttered by COVID-19 remain closed indefinitely. The hiatus is a chance for the theater industry to consider its past, present, and future, and its role in the racial justice movement. What forms does racism take in the theater? How must the industry change in terms of the environment and opportunities created for Black actors, directors, playwrights, and audiences? How can this moment of national reckoning be reflected onstage? Globe critic Don Aucoin talks with four leading Black theater artists about their experiences and insights, as well as their hopes for their own work and for theater in Boston.

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Friday
, 
September 
7
, 
2018
4:30pm
 — 
7:30pm

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The first panel will examine these issues from a business/technological standpoint, and the second panel will dive into the implications on policy and politics. Panelists, made up of a combination of mayors, policy makers, academia and industry leaders, will discuss the future of work and the likely impact of automation, innovation, and other trends on cities across the United States.


Registrations will be accepted in the order they are received and based on availability.

Speakers

Michael J. Bobbitt

Artistic Director

New Repertory Theatre

Summer L. Williams

Associate Artistic Director

& Co-Founder

Company One Theatre

Maurice Emmanuel Parent

Actor, Co-Founder, & Executive Director

Front Porch Arts Collective

Kirsten Greenidge

Playwright

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Don Aucoin

Theater Critic

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Don Aucoin is the Globe’s theater critic. He was part of the team that wrote the top-10 New York Times best-seller “Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy” (Simon & Schuster, 2009), and his story on race relations in Boston is included in the book “Best Newspaper Writing 2006-2007.” In 2000-2001, he was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.

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