A playwright takes down a problematic memorial

A playwright takes down a problematic memorial, with comedy

A playwright takes down a problematic memorial, with comedy. In Mosaic Theater's 'Monumental Travesties,' playwright Psalmayene 24 critiques ...

Playwright steals Lincoln's head from statue on Capitol Hill ... - WTOP

Since 1876, the Emancipation Memorial has stood in Lincoln Park on Capitol Hill in Northeast D.C.. This Thursday, a new play highlights the ...

A *Comedy* About the Emancipation Monument Premieres at Mosaic

Psalm began writing the play in 2019, workshopping it through Mosaic's Catalyst incubator, a space where artists are given space to take risks ...

On the Removal of Statues: Freedmen's Memorial to Abraham Lincoln

Let's take a close look at the monument in relation to dress and gesture in order to understand why it is a problematic representation.

Monumental Travesties by Psalmayene 24 - Mosaic Theater

Abraham Lincoln's head is missing. Chance, a Black performance artist, has surreptitiously removed it from the Emancipation Memorial—a Capitol Hill statue ...

Monument Or Eyesore? Weighing The Legacy Of A Pittsburgh ... - NPR

A decade after playwright August Wilson's death, his childhood home in Pittsburgh is in bad shape. ... MCKOY: Because it looks bad down there.

Boston Removes Controversial Statue of Lincoln With Kneeling ...

This image is problematic because it feeds into a narrative that ... Over the summer, officials surrounded the memorial with protective barriers ...

“Problematic” statue featuring Abraham Lincoln may be removed ...

Problematic is an opinion, that Norton called it problematic is a fact. ... taking down the beauty created by others from the past.

Chris Durang Was My Willy Wonka - American Theatre

It is difficult to imagine this type of religious bigotry being presented on the public stage. ... How could one play be so hilarious to one group ...

Mosaic Theater Company to premiere searing new comedy by ...

“After weathering the ruthless ravages of a pandemic, we all could use the healing balm of laughter to soothe our souls. While the troublesome ...

A monument to white supremacy stands uncontested in our own ...

Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C.. A white Lincoln occupying the space above, looking down upon a black man kneeling below ...

Statue wars: what should we do with troublesome monuments? | Cities

No single solution – leave up, tear down, modify – is equal to the problem, because each is zero-sum when applied case by case. A thoroughgoing ...

Playwright Joshua Harmon on What Inspired 'Bad Jews' - WSJ

The idea for the name 'Bad Jews' just popped into my head a year later, irrationally, and I started to take notes about the play, but then I ...

DM Transatlantic: Monuments to controversial historical figures ...

Opinion: Don't take down my confederate monuments. Here's Why Sophia A ... Why 'democratic' approaches to removing problematic statues often fail. Chloe ...

Yes, the Freedmen's Memorial uses racist imagery. But don't tear it ...

Rather than take down this monument to Lincoln and emancipation, create a commission that will engage new artists to represent the story of ...

Many pieces: reflections on Monuments and the Take Down ...

... down confederate and colonialist monuments and other memorials that ... BIPOC should guide the debate on what happens to the problematic ...

The 'statue wars' must not distract us from a reckoning with racism

... down by demonstrators. And here is the ... Part of the problem is that heroic figurative statuary is a dated form of memorialisation.

Monuments to controversial historical figures should remain

IN DEPTH. Why 'democratic' approaches to removing problematic statues often fail ... Why we shouldn't pull down all those Confederate memorials. Alfred L ...

Spotlight on 'Bad Jews' Playwright Joshua Harmon | ArtSWFL.com

Opening at Lab Theater on March 11 is Joshua Harmon's Bad Jews. When Harmon was in college, he went to a Holocaust memorial service.

Activists Push for Removal of Statue of Freed Slave Kneeling Before ...

Trump, speaking at a Fox News forum on Thursday, slammed the protesters who want to tear down the memorial, calling them “rioters” and “bad ...