 On Monday, March 9th at 7:30pm, American Theater Company will present their annual 10 x 10 Play Festival. I'm honored to join fellow playwrights Jeff Augustin, Kristiana Colón, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, Bonnie Metzgar, Dominique Morisseau, Lucas Neff, A. Rey Pamatmat, Akin Salawu, and Aurin Squire in writing short plays that offer perspectives and visions of Ferguson. American Theater Company's mission is to inspire and challenge our community by exploring stories that ask the question, "What does it mean to be an American?" The recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and the conversations surrounding those events genuinely challenge our understanding of what it is to be an American. "In order to create the fullest possible picture of the American experience of Ferguson, we want to incorporate playwrights' immediate reactions to Ferguson as well as their thoughts on the subject with more distance from the crisis, said Sam Weiner (Literary Management Apprentice). "To that end, each playwright was tasked with writing two pieces, one completed in mid-October and a second to be completed in mid-February. By presenting these pieces together, we hope to both refresh the community's memory of Ferguson and to offer insight into how the passage of time alters our perceptions of social and political crises in the United States." Meet the PlaywrightsEvent Details10x10 Play Festival March 9th at 7:30pm American Theater Company (1909 W. Byron St, Chicago IL 60613) Sidetrack and Stop & Frisk by Jeff Augustin directed by Grace Cannon florissant & canfield by Kristiana Rae Colón Directed by Samuel Roberson, Jr. Representation and Words by Matthew-Lee Erlbach Directed by Reed Motz Black Lives, White Chalk and A New Sense, A New Direction by Jacqueline E. Lawton Directed by Amanda Delheimer Dimond I'm So Hungry and I Can't Breathe by Bonnie Metzgar Directed by Kaiser Ahmed Jezelle The Gazelle by Dominique Morisseau Directed by Tlaloc Rivas How To Make A Black Boy Disappear and Respectability Politics by Lucas Neff Directed by Conner Wilson I Am In A Dark Place Today And Am Unable To Write A Play and Winning by A. Rey Pamatmat Directed by Hutch Pimentel the mice will play and Locatelli's Caprice in D major by Akin Salawu Directed by Azar Kazemi Mississippi Goddamn and Putting Wings on a Pig by Aurin Squire Directed by Matt Dominguez Tickets can be reserved by emailing [email protected] Recommended donation of $10 at the door.  About American Theater Company
American Theater Company is an ensemble of artists committed to producing new and classic American stories that ask the question: "What does it mean to be an American?" We provide a truly intimate home for the community to experience meaningful stories. We foster a nurturing environment for artists to take risks and create essential work.
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