Millennial Notes Marc Anthony Thompson Transforms Minstrel Satire to Black Joy by Korinne Nickings The lights go down … and darkness fills the room as I listen to the sounds of screams, and sloshing of ocean waves and I am instantly transported to the transatlantic voyage of Africans in chains. Stage lights rise and…
Brian Quijada’s Musical Unravels a Latin Life by Patricia L. Morin In class at a young age, Satya Chávez attempts to understand the defiance of Rosa Parks, a Black woman, when she sat down in the white people’s section on a segregated bus. Chávez, as a Brown girl, innocently asks the teacher: “Where did…
Millennial Notes Qui Nguyen Honors Both Tradition & Pop Culture by Hamilton Nguyen Using neon-lit sets, rap music, and country lingo, “Poor Yella Rednecks: Vietgone 2” tells the story of Vietnamese immigrants in Arkansas in the 70s. Playwright Qui Nguyen, a character in his own play, envisions his family’s immigrant story without the sugar-coating….
Millennial Notes Gloria Bond Clunie’s Lyrics Encourage Kids to Dance by Rosa Leither Giraffes Can’t Dance, a picture book by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees, has been a family favorite since our kids were a few months old. So, expectations ran high as we entered BACT’s theater in the round. Seven-year-old Itasca and five-year-old…