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Click the image to watch 8 paired videos sharing the words of great LATINX American and the stories of local members of the Latinx community.
Click the Image to Watch or Commemoration of Labor Day 2020
CLICK HERE Join us for a three day installation of speeches, writing and poetry from the American History recontextualizing our understanding of the revolutionary roots of the declaration and its value as a model for approaching the problem of modern America. (Goes Live JULY 3-5)
JUNETEENTH 2020
FREEDOM UNDER THREAt
A Four Day Exploration of the Threats and Struggle of Black Americans since Emancipation
in partnership with Theatre in the X
Beginning June 18, 2020
PREVIOUS SEASON
by Daniella Vinitski Mooney
n an Artaudian world where the sky might actually fall on their heads, two lost vagabonds stop by the heel of a mountain and reflect on the past.
"A lovely, elegiac treasure of a play .... Resonant. "
-David Winitsky, Jewish Plays Project, Founder/Director
“[Mooney is] compelling and exciting …. On my radar.” -- Lilleth Glimcher, The Flea Theatre resident director, founder of YOU ARE HERE
Featuring Dave Fiebert and Peter Zielinski
Directed by John Doyle
JANUARY 18-26
in a DOUBLE BILL with AMERIKA
Karl Rossmann is a young German immigrant trying to find his place in the great American Dream. He is willing, but does America keep its side of the bargain? This surrealist take on Kafka's novel is presented by ShoeBox Theatre Collective, the resident artists of the Venice Island Performing Arts Center.
Presented by Shoe Box Theatre Collective
Directed by Ryan Rebel
At the Venice Island Performing Arts & Recreation Center 7 Lock Street Philadelphia, PA 19127
TO MY UNBORN CHILD:
A LOVE LETTER FROM FRED HAMPTON
by Richard Bradford
featuring: Richard Bradford as Fred Hampton
Directed by John Doyle
Feb 8 - Feb 10, 2019
at Passage Theatre
205 E Front St, Trenton, NJ,
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On the eve of the 48th anniversary of Fred Hampton's murder by Chicago Police, Iron Age Theatre remounts the acclaimed 2017 Fringe production of Richard Bradford's To My Unborn Child, A Love Letter from Fred Hampton. Then one man show freezes time on the horrible morning of December 4, 1969 and gives Chairman Fred an hour to share his ideas, passion and dreams with a contemporary audience.
Join us to remember the founder of the Rainbow Coalition, a revolutionary and dreamer who stood for all of the people power ideals of the Black Panther Party.
Fred Hampton, Black Panther, Founder of the Rainbow Coalition and victim of police violence. Hampton was murdered at 21 in his home by Chicago police as he lay next to his pregnant lover. Iron Age Theatre freezes a moment in time so that Hampton can share his unique vision, his hope-filled dreams and his brilliant analysis of American issues of race, economic justice, and human dignity with his son. This play is part of the Iron Age Theatre Radical Thinkers stable of original works. Written by Iron Age Theatre core member, this world premiere will challenge and inspire.
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Juneteenth
A Celebration of Black History In Norristown
In June 2019 Iron Age Theatre and the Norristown NAACP will celebrate the freeing of the slaves in a theatrically dynamic way. The fifth Norristown Juneteenth event will take guests on a walking tour of downtown Norristown with a series of stops where professional actors from the region will present scenes, monologues or historical documents accenting the theme of freedom and slavery.
The hour long tours begin at Five Saints Distillery at 129 E. Main Street in Norristown from 10:00 am to 3:40 pm with a tour leaving every 20 minutes. This free event will include a walking tour led by members of the Norristown NAACP. Along the tour route, NAACP guides will highlight additional prominent locations of culture, history, and community that are not directly part of the tour. It is recommended that visitors reserve a time slot.
Figures like Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Ida B. Wells, and Sekou Sundiata will be brought to life. The production has met with audience and critical acclaim each year.
