[Antiracism] This weekend: NWT performance addresses police brutality

[Yvonne Mendez]

New WORLD Theater
New Works for a New WORLD Summer Playlab '06

THIS WEEKEND:
Dreamscape -  Open Studio
A work in progress with Rickerby Hinds and Manu Mukasa of Keeping It 
Real
Friday June 23 and Saturday June 24 at 8 PM
Holden Theater, Amherst College
December, 1998. Southern California. Four police officers fired 24 
shots at an unconscious 19-year old woman killing her while she lay 
locked in her car. Taking the inner monologue as a form, playwright 
Rickerby Hinds paints us the picture of the life of Myeisha Mills. 
Hinds creative re-telling of this all-too familiar story of police 
violence and the African American community forces us to confront our 
continued tolerance of systemic and brutal racism in this country.
 
NEXT WEEKEND:
Scourge
By Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Friday June 30 and Saturday July 1 at 8 PM
Holden Theater, Amherst College
An exorcism and re-imagination of traditional theatrical genres, 
Scourge offers a powerful, political and revolutionary look at Haiti in 
its 200th year as a sovereign nation. In this new work, acclaimed 
performer Marc Bamuthi Joseph fuses hip-hop, spoken word and live music 
in an exploration of the narrow space between history, myth and 
speculation in this poignant look at the tragic and complex history of 
the artist’s native Haiti. 

Un/knowing Desire and Empire
An Open Studio with Mango Tribe
Saturday July 1 at 12 PM
Studio 3, Amherst College
Desire. Empire. Our daily doings, our passions, and the wars around us 
are intertwined. Breath, the erotic core, and the global struggle to 
survive are inextricably linked. Un/knowing Desire and Empire is as 
much a presentation of historical fiction that delves into the 
fantastical as it is an erotic, primal story told through breath, 
gesture, and movement. Un/knowing Desire and Empire honors Mango 
Tribe's cultural heritages and multi-layered identities, reflecting a 
new hybrid aesthetic in an increasingly diverse America.  

For tickets call 545-2511. Visit our website for ticket prices, play 
descriptions. www.newworldtheater.org
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