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UPDATE: Performance of "Voices of a People's History of the United States"
Oct 9, 2009
UPDATE w/ Cast List, Participating organizations and Ticket Information!
Peoples History of the United States
Sat Nov 21st Creative Alliance at The Patterson (3314 Eastern Avenue)
6pm & 9pm $20, $!8 students and members Adv.tixs sug. 410-276-1651
Proceeds benefit ACLU-Maryland
www.creativealliance.org
Red Emma´s and the Creative Alliance are sponsoring a perofrmance of Howard Zinn and Anothony Arnove's Voices of a People's History of the United States, November 21st 6pm & 9pm at the Patterson Theatre (3314 Eastern Avenue).
Voices of a People’s History of the United States seeks to bring to light little known voices from U.S. history, including those of women, African Americans, Native Americans, immigrants, and laborers. By giving public expression to rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from our past — and present — it seeks to educate and inspire a new generation of people working for social justice.
Voices works to remind people of the eloquence of ordinary people, as well as extraordinary and well-known figures from our history. By involving well-known actors and public figures in readings as well as students and community members, Voices works to inspire audiences to delve more deeply into historical texts and to see history as a lively, relevant, and contemporary subject, not just a matter of books sitting on the library shelf.
Red Emma´s will be tabling the evening with a collection of books that are from those lesser known voices: women, African Americans, Native Americans, immigrants, and laborers. We will also have available Howard Zinn´s now infamous People´s History of the United States as well as Voices.
For Cast list and participating organizations please click "read more"
This staged reading directed by Luisa Bieri benefits the ACLU of Maryland and Voices. The piece uses verbatim words from America’s famous iconoclasts and unknown visionaries. Sojourner Truth, Tecumseh and Frederick Douglass' thoughts are side by side with speechs from little know leaders. Abolitionist Maria Stewart penned the first manifesto by an African-American woman. Renaissance era monk Bartolome de Las Casas asks the Spanish Crown to end slavery. Factory worker Stella Nowicki remembers being fired for union organizing, then cutting her hair, getting rehired under a different name, and doing it all over again.
CAST:
Anthony Arnove is the co-editor of Voices. A veteran activist and revolutionary Marc Steiner hosts his show on WEAA-FM and is founder of the Center for Emerging Media. Doyenne of Baltimore theater, at age 90 Vivienne Shub continues her acting career which began during the Depression with the Federal Theater Project. Rafael Alvarez lives in his grandparents' house in Greektown, and has written fiction about Southeast Baltimore and scripts for Homicide and The Wire. Liz Lerman, founder of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange has revisioned where dance is presented and who can do it, winning a MacArthur Fellow "genius award" in the process. Presented internationally, Joyce J. Scott wrestles with stereotypes about race in her visual art and astonishing performances. Actress Kay Lawal-Muhammad co-founded Womb Work Productions and has seen her socially conscious, at-risk students go on to act on several nationally known television series. Playwright and actor Bashi Rose creates plays with incarcerated artists in Maryland's prison system and advocates for the release of Eddie Conway. Naoko Maeshiba's dance and choreography range far - a recent piece examined searing memories of the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Maryland's Joseph Stands With Many travels the world telling the stories of his Cherokee people. Working in prisons and schools, actress and teacher Sheila Gaskins uses comedy, drama and mediation as an alternative to violence. Sine Jensen is a young activist and labor organizer and a member of the Red Emma's Collective. Spoken word goddess Olu Butterfly is a brilliant performer and poet who has taught for years in Baltimore City Schools. Actor Fernando Romero is a DC native of Salvadorean descent and member of the Young Playwrights Theatre. David Mitchell is artistic director of Run of the Mill Theater Company. Koli Tengella debunks corrupt power with his comedy and helps his students find their center in his acting classes. Rosiland Cauthen has directed her African-American company in white-face and helped bring Amiri Baraka to Baltimore. Music by The Shape Note Sisters.
Ashley Minner of the Baltimore American Indian Center will curate an exhibiton of work by young Native American artists, exhibited in the lobby gallery. Red Emma's will be selling books and a hand-screened promotional poster of the Baltimore Voices.
