15 episodes
(Re)clamation CLASSIX
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(re)clamation is an intervention in the current conversation around theater history. This podcast from CLASSIX and Theatre for a New Audience recenters and uplifts the Black writers and storytellers of the American theater - both the celebrated and the forgotten. Each act of the podcast will explore a different era or theme in Black theater history through interviews, conversations, and excerpts of first-hand accounts.
Hosted by Brittany Bradford
Produced by CLASSIX and Theatre for a New Audience
Conceived and Written by CLASSIX (Brittany Bradford, A.J. Muhammad, Dominique Rider, Arminda Thomas, Awoye Timpo)
https://www.theclassix.org
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Act 2 Episode Six: Epilogue
Episode 6: Epilogue
In this episode we gather reflections from artists and scholars on Childress’s enduring legacy.
Guests: Soyica Colbert, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, friends of CLASSIX -
Act 2 Episode Five: Directing Childress
pisode 5: Directing Childress
A group of directors (and uber-Childress fans!) gather to chat about their experiences directing her works..
Moderated by Arminda Thomas
Guests: Jade King Carroll, Dominique Rider, Awoye Timpo, Nicole Watson -
Act 2 Episode Four: Making Wedding Band
Episode 4: Making Wedding Band
This week we take a deep dive into the 2022 production of Childress’s Wedding Band at Theatre for a New Audience, marking the first professional production of the play in New York since 1972. Members of the cast and creative team join Dominique for a conversation about bringing this masterpiece to life.
Guests: Jason Ardizzone-West, Brittany Bradford, Arminda Thomas, Awoye Timpo, Elizabeth Van Dyke -
Act 2 Episode Three: The Political Life of Alice Childress
Dominique speaks with Professor Mary Helen Washington, author of The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s, and numerous other works.
Guest: Mary Helen Washington -
Act 2 Episode Two: A Conversation with Kathy Perkins
This week Dominique and Arminda are joined by legendary lighting designer and historian Kathy A. Perkins about her collaboration with Alice Childress and how she came to edit the anthology of Childress’s plays.
Guest: Kathy A. Perkins -
Act 2 Episode One: In Search of Alice Childress
Host Dominique Rider connects with dramaturg and CLASSIX team member Arminda Thomas to talk through the biography and legacy of Alice Childress.
Guest: Arminda Thomas