The Hampton Years - Beyond the Stage Events

Theater J's Beyond the Stage community engagement events offer an array of innovative public discussion forums and outreach programs which explore the theatrical, psychological and social elements of each production. Partnering with civic leaders and members of other faiths, organizations and communities, each discussion stresses the importance of interchange among a great variety of people wishing to take part in frank, humane conversations about conflict and culture.

Having attended quite a few in my seven years here, I can tell you they are lively, enriching and powerful. They have quite an impressive line-up for The Hampton Years that you'll want to be sure to check out.

Sunday, June 2 at 9:45pm- A Conversation with John and David Lowenfeld: The Lowenfeld Legacy

• Click here to view excerpts of the post show discussion.

Sunday, June 9 at 5:15pm – The Rosenwald Schools/The Julius Rosenwald Legacy

• Julian Bond: Civil Right Activist and former NAACP chairman
• Tanya Bowers, Director for Diversity, Office of the President, National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Click here to view excerpts of the post show discussion.
  

Wednesday, June 12 at 9:45pm - The Art and Artists of Pre-War Vienna

• Ori Z. Soltes teaches theology and art history at Georgetown University. He is the former Director and Curator of the B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum

Sunday, June 16 at 5:15pm - Race and Representation: The African-American Artist in the World

• Juanita Hardy, Executive Director of CulturalDC and co-founder of the Millennium Arts Salon
• Jennifer L. Nelson, Director of Special Programming at Ford's Theatre and former Producing Artistic Director of the African Continuum Theatre.
• Dr. Dianne Whitfield-Locke, Collector of African-American Art and owner of The Locke Collection
• Click here to view excerpts from the post show discussion.

Tuesday, June 18 at 6:30pm - Blacks and Jews:  Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges: An Evening to Benefit Operation Understanding DC at the Maret School

• Jim Loewen, historian and sociologist who taught at historically black Tougaloo College, the University of Vermont and now Catholic University.  He is the author of  Lies My Teacher Told Me.
• Stephen Fischler, Co-Founder of Pacific Street Films who will share clips from the fascinating documentary From Swastika to Jim Crow.
  
• Jacqueline E. Lawton, Playwright of The Hampton Years, named one of 30 of the nation’s leading black playwrights by Arena Stage’s American Voices New Play Institute.

Thursday, June 20 at 9:45pm – Conversation with the Cast of The Hampton Years

• This event will take place at Theater J located at 1529 16th NW, WDC 20036
  

Saturday, June 22 at 10:15pm - The Creative Process: A conversation with Dramaturg Otis Cortez Ramsey-Zöe and Artistic Director Ari Roth 

• This event will take place at Theater J located at 1529 16th NW, WDC 20036
  

Sunday, June 23 at 5:15pm - A Lasting Legacy: The Past, Present and Future of HBCUs

• Sandra Jowers-Barber, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, History Program Coordinator, The University of the District of Columbia
• Jim Loewen, American sociologist, historian, and author of Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
• Dr. Leslie Richards, Professor of Urban Affairs, Social Science & Social Work, The University of the District of Columbia
  

• Gerald Allan Schwinn, former professor at Hampton University
• Click here to view excerpts of the post show discussion.

Wednesday, June 26 at 9:45pm - A Conversation with Filmmaker Aviva Kempner and Artistic Director Ari Roth 

• This event will take place at Theater J located at 1529 16th NW, WDC 20036
  

Sunday, June 30 – Blacks and Jews in the 1940s/Swastika to Jim Crow 

• Stephanie Deutsch, author of You Need a Schoolhouse: Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, and the Building of Schools for the Segregated South
• Dr. Joyce Ladner, the first female president of Howard University and a participant in the documentary film “From Swastika to Jim Crow” 
• This event will take place at Theater J located at 1529 16th NW, WDC 20036

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