Ep. 9 Keeping the Momentum: Theatre's Role in Social Justice
ISC ensemble member and Artistic Associate for Social Justice Carene Rose Mekertichyan facilitates a panel discussion in which Black theater artists discuss how theater has historically been used to bring about social change and how we all can maintain the momentum of this current movement. Panelists include: Sophina Brown (award winning theatrical producer and founder of Support Black Theater), Aisha Kabia (actress and ISC ensemble member), Bruce Lemon Jr. (actor, writer, director, producer, Artistic Director of the Watts Village Theater Company, and Associate Artistic Director of the Cornerstone Theater Company), Dominic Taylor (writer, director, scholar, and interim chair of the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television), and Sabra Williams, (ISC ensemble member, cofounder of Creative Acts and The Actors' Gang Prison Project, and 2016 Champion of Change under President Obama).
For more information about how you can help combat anti-blackness in the Los Angeles community, please visit www.iscla.org/justice
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