A. Zell Williams Reclaims the Black Man’s Humanity by Tyler Jeffreys & Robert M. Gardner “The Urban Retreat” shows us that Hip Hop is the new slavery. We follow MC Trench Deep, as he goes from a fabricated performer to a vulnerable artist. Thugalicious Hip Hop star Trench Deep thinks he’s finally made it,…
Millennial Notes Cleavon Smith’s Women: from Hip Hop to Ballot Box by Tyler Jeffreys TheatreFirst’s “The Last Sermon of Sister Imani” introduces a new topic: artivism (art+activism). What is Black America discussing during Happy Hour? We debate whether to spend extra energy fighting the system, or to focus that energy on self-care and ignore…
Millennial Notes Chelsea Marcantel Calls Liberals to Action, Lyrically by Tyler Jeffreys You know Belle’s restless feeling in Beauty & The Beast when she sings “Little People” at the beginning? Like Disney’s Princess Belle, high school senior Blaze (animated Isabel Langen) longs for adventure. Trapped in a trailer park on the Gulf Coast of…
Millennial Notes Bertolt Brecht Releases Voices Crushed by War by Tyler Jeffreys “It’s a blessing to be dumb,” says Mother Courage (Wilma Bonet) while kissing her youngest non-speaking daughter Kattrin (Rolanda D. Bell). When I hear this, I remember being blind to the monstrosities of our world, especially war. War is for the politicians,…