Category: Blog
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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 […]
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An Interview with Playwright Livian Yeh
Meet Livian Yeh, award-winning playwright, translator extraordinaire, 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 Livian to find out a little bit more about her play, What Happens in this House, and what […]
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(Re)Thinking Gentrification
ATB is thrilled to introduce you all to Ronel JF Remy, one of our community partners for This Place/Displaced! Originally from Haiti, Ronel has lived in the US for over 20 years, making his home in Boston neighborhoods including Dorchester, Somerville, Hyde Park and Roslindale. After seven moves due to rent increases and other housing […]
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An Interview with Playwright Manuel Aquiles Lopez Torres
Meet Manuel Aquiles Lopez Torres, artistic entrepreneur 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 Mani to find out a little bit more about his play, Small Up Yuhself (Move Over), and what […]
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Engaging with Matthew Desmond’s ‘Evicted: Poverty and Profit in an American City’
To expand and contextualize our knowledge of housing inequity, ATB members will engage with relevant media before, during, and after our production of This Place/Displaced. Below, find Julia’s review of Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer Prize winning ethnography, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in an American City.” Matthew Desmond’s “Evicted” opens with an anecdote and an allegory: a […]
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An Interview with Playwright David Valdes Greenwood
Meet David Valdes Greenwood, Boston native, nationally-acclaimed playwright, 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. As the performance approaches, we reached out to David to find out a little bit more about his writing process […]
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We’re back! ATB Summer Happenings and This Place/Displaced
And we’re back! With the successful presentation of our first summer happening on July 7th, Artists’ Theater of Boston has launched itself back onto the Boston theater scene after a two-year hiatus. We took some time to redefine our company’s direction and values, and are excited to re-launch with a new set of goals […]