Event: 'The Emancipated Century: A Reading Of August Wilson's "Radio Golf"' Print
  Greater Boston
Events taking place in the Boston area.
Date: Monday, December 16, 2013 At 07:00 pm
Contact Info:
Email: meghandoran@umnunity.org

From August 2013 through December, the Department of Performing Arts and the Trotter Institute at UMass Boston are presenting The Emancipated Century, a staged reading series of August Wilson’s ten-play cycle exploring the history of African Americans in the twentieth century.  Honed in Boston before going to Broadway, Wilson’s plays, each set in a separate decade, open a broad lens on twentieth century African American urban culture and history. The cycle’s vast dramatic canvas is pertinent in the year marking the 150th birthday of the Emancipation Proclamation, and resonates deeply today given the nation’s divided reactions to the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 roll-back.  We invite you to enjoy Wilson’s dramatic landscape, then share what you have learned and understood in linked public conversations designed to address today’s civic challenges and help us move forward together as residents in a city that is freedom’s national home.Note:There is no charge to attend the events.

at UMASS Boston , McCormack Theatre