I’d been to the center in August to learn about Artists as Tutors, an after-school program founded by Shanara Gabrielle and directed by Darian Wigfall, and was eager to see how the space would accommodate such an ambitious performance piece. The national premiere of Every 28 Hours took place at Dellwood Community Center, a modest but lively facility, but blocks from the tumult West Florissant witnessed last year at this time. Louis community to compose, rehearse, and perform between 60 to 90 one-minute plays tackling issues of social justice. In collaboration with local talent, visiting artists engaged the St. The project-titled Every 28 Hours, in honor of the controversial statistic that every 28 hours a black citizen of our country is killed by a police officer-attracted playwrights and directors from both coasts to gather in the Ferguson area for a week-long residency. Offered a preview of nationally-profiled theatre project responding to Ferguson, Mike Brown, and #blacklivesmatter, I traveled a now familiar route up north from the Forest-Park DeBaliviere region. Louis neighborhoods, most of which certainly have suffered years, if not decades, of structural neglect and decay, Ferguson is perhaps the last place I’d think of as some treacherous place one detachedly views on cable, some archetype of crime, some symbol of collapse.īecause it has not collapsed, and indeed, had it collapsed, it is highly unlikely that any kind of public insurrection could have flourished at its epicenter. It was easy to appreciate how unremarkable it was, until of course, in history’s grip, it became so remarkable.įor all the years I’ve spent mentoring in North St. Ferguson was a close acquaintance-not a friend I loved, but the type of person one invites to a festive seasonal party. I toasted craft beers at its brewery, purchased late-night munchies at its Schnucks, navigated its rows of humble ranch houses, visited one of its spiffier enclaves. It is possible that I am the only person I know in the Washington University community who knows Ferguson moderately well. By that I mean, I knew it before Michael Brown, and I came to “reknow” it after. Taxes, fees not included for deals content.Writing on the wall: Theatergoers make their statements at the Dellwood Community Center for “Every 28 Hours.” If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this matter, you are welcome to contact our customer support team.īusinessYab is not a booking agent, and does not charge any service fees to users of our site.īusinessYab is not responsible for content on external web sites. The brand names, logos, images and texts are the property of these third parties and their respective owners. BusinessYab cannot be held responsible or liable for the accuracy, correctness, usefulness or reliability of the data. The content displayed in the BusinessYab Directory consists of information from third parties, among others from publicly accessible sources, or from customers, who have a presentation page in our directory. © 2022 All Rights reserved.Īt BusinessYab our purpose is to help people find great local businesses like dentists, hair stylists, restaurants, bars, hotels, local businesses.
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