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February 10th, 2023 - The Book of Black Theatre: Providence Black Theatre Colloquium: A public forum for prominent Black actors, directors, and producers to share their experience and histories of Black theater in Rhode Island, notably, the Rites and Reason Theatre at Brown University, the only Black theatre and performance space on an Ivy League campus.
Part one of Flipping the Script, a three-part series on Black theatre and performance at Brown University, conceived by zuri arman and Melaine Ferdinand-King.

Panelists include:
Ramona Bass Kolobe of Rites and Reason Theatre
Karen Allen Baxter of Rites and Reason Theatre
Ricardo Pitts-Wiley of Mixed Magic Theatre
Don King of Providence Black Repertory Company

Hosted by zuri arman and Melaine Ferdinand-King, graduate students in the Department of Africana Studies at Brown University and 2021 graduate archivists in the Rites and Reason Theatre.

Overview:
The development and evolution of Rites and Reason Theatre and its historic involvement with the Providence, RI community.
RI Black Theater histories
The importance of Black arts and the Black Arts movement
The legacy of George Houston Bass
Archiving Black history/ the upcoming Rites and Reason Theatre Archive.

Sponsored by the Department of Africana Studies, Rites & Reason Theatre, and the Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown University.

March 10th, 2023
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