More Information About Creative Provocateurs, Vol. 3

Website

http://www.highwaysperformance.org

Description

New theatrical work by acclaimed writers Dennis Greene, Nancy de Los Santos, and J.M. Morris. Dennis Greene’s work, The Forgotten, is set in 1927 Nashville during the Jim Crow Era, and imagines a meeting that is at once confrontational and cagey, yet conciliatory, between legendary black activist W.E.B. Du Bois, Harlem Renaissance icon Zora Neale Hurston, and the historically relevant, but relatively unknown black reparations advocate, Callie House. Nancy De los Santos, whose work is featured in Oscar-winning writer-director, Nora Ephron’s new play, Love, Loss and What I Wore, has created her own ensemble work with The Jewelry Box. Creative Provocateur series creator Morris’ new work, Clarity, is multi-media driven with pieces ranging from dramatic to satiric. Clarity is directed by filmmaker Charles Burnett, who was recently named by Paste Magazine as one of the “Fifty Best Living Directors.”

Schedule:

Friday, August 6: The Jewelry Box and Clarity: Part 1.
Saturday, August 7: The Forgotten and Clarity: Part 2.

About the Ticket Supplier: Highways Performance Space

Highways Performance Space is Southern California's boldest center for new performance. Founded in 1989, Highways continues to be an important alternative cultural center in Los Angeles that encourages fierce new artists from diverse communities to develop and present innovative works.

Highways promotes the development of contemporary socially involved artists and art forms. Our mission is implemented through four programs (the performance space, workshop/university program and two galleries). Annually, Highways co-presents approximately 250 performances by solo dramatic artists, small theater groups, dance companies and spoken word artists; curates and exhibits approximately 12 contemporary visual art exhibits per year with work that explores the boundaries between performing and visual art forms; commissions and premieres new work by outstanding performing artists; organize special events, curate festival, offer residency and educational programs that engage community members in the arts while providing access to professionally-directed instruction.