#REPRESENTATIONMATTERS / CHANGING THE NARRATIVE

October 6th and 7th, 2018

Charlotte Street Foundation is excited to host Tradewind Arts in the new Capsule performing space on 1664 Broadway Blvd for two performances titled #RepresentationMatters / Changing the Narrative. The first performance takes place on Saturday evening, with another performance on Sunday as a matinee showing.

Show Times:
Saturday, October 6th, 2018.
Doors open at 7PM, 7:30 Curtain
Sunday, October 7
Doors open at 3PM, 3:30 Curtain.

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Each performance will begin with a land recognition to acknowledge the traditional Indigenous inhabitants of the land on which we stand. Through a series of 90-second+ performances, Tradewind Arts Artistic Director Andi Meyer directs curated snapshot-plays by writers of color. The evening will examine the revolutionary idea of self-representation through the lens of people of color.

Immediately following the performance, the audience is invited engage in a moderated post-show discussion with the company over complimentary light snacks. Meeting, discussion, creating progress over food is integral to the lives, relationships, and cultures of people of color in America.

This event is free and open to the public.

Tradewind Arts is an organization devoted to illuminating and empowering the Asian Pacific American (APA) voice through diverse creative media, particularly in the theatrical arts.

Artists featured include:

Zack Lesmeister is a mixed genderqueer poet. Their work is fluid; celebrating the multitude of their identities, while begging for a world of possibility. Forgoing a world of harassment and exclusion, they build upon the Vietnamese-American poets that come before them and people like Kim Chi, a drag queen, who prioritizes queer Asian femininity despite a family who knows nothing of her success. The poems they write serve not only as proof of survival, but as justice to a world that views them and the people they hold dear anything less than human.

For photos of the event, check out our flickr.