Author: ATB Administrator
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TUCxATB Youth Video Series is here!
A a continuation of our partnership with The Uncomfortable Conversation, Inc., Part 2 of our TUCxATB video series focused on ending relationship-based, gendered, and sexual violence in collaboration was entirely conceived of, co-written and co-produced by youth! In December, we brought together a group of One Love Teen Ambassadors to write about the subjects most important to tackle within their peer […]
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TUC Meets BLM: Grounding Our Work
Content Warning: discussion of sexual violence, stats on violence against trans folks The systemic issues of intimate partner violence and rape culture that we’ve been exploring this season have direct intersections with systemic racism, and specifically the treatment of Black women and Black trans folks. While our Uncomfortable Conversation video series explores the contemporary implications […]
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Uncomfortable Conversation Video Premiere!
This season, Artists’ Theater of Boston committed to a year-long video project focused on ending relationship-based, gendered, and sexual violence in collaboration with The Uncomfortable Conversation, Inc. In September, we shot Part One of the series in 1 day, 2 locations, 28 videos, and with over 40 actors and volunteers. Now, you have a chance to learn from […]
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Gentrification by the Numbers
What’s Happening and How to Help by Tom King Artists’ Theater of Boston developed This Place/Displaced to raise awareness of and create action surrounding gentrification, displacement, and related systemic injustices facing Boston-area communities. Housing in Boston How many hours would you have to work each week to afford to live in Massachusetts? If you earn MA minimum […]
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An Interview with Actor Blair Nodelman
Meet Blair Nodelman, one of seven amazing actors working on ATB’s new documentary theatre project This Place/Displaced, to give voice to stories of displacement, gentrification, and housing inequity in Boston. We chatted with Blair to find out a little bit more about her experience rehearsing This Place/Displaced. Join us at Charlestown Working Theater August 17-25 for This […]
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An Interview with Playwright MJ Halberstadt
Meet MJ Halberstadt, Antarctica enthusiast, educator, and just one of seven playwrights working on ATB’s new documentary theatre project This Place/Displaced to give voice to stories of displacement, gentrification, and housing inequity in Boston. We touched base with MJ to learn about his play, Kung Pao Something, and what it was like to write based on interviews. Join us […]
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Tenement Tourism: Housing as a Microcosm of Discrimination
In this special guest blog, Actor Blair Nodelman talks frankly about how race and gender privilege have affected her family’s immigration and housing journeys and why This Place/Displaced feels important to her now. In 1913, my great-grandfather immigrated from Russia to the United States at only three years old. He arrived on Ellis Island, clutching […]
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An Interview with Playwright Jaymes Sanchez
Meet Jaymes Sanchez, playwright, educator, and just one of eight playwrights working on ATB’s new documentary theatre project This Place/Displaced, to give voice to stories of displacement, gentrification, and housing inequity in Boston. We chatted with Jaymes to find out a little bit more about his play, Who Owns What, and what this project means to […]