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Tickets for The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Cate Oken, are now available! From April 18 through April 20 in the PBK Lab Theatre.
Tickets: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDLCtBFp_XNLNsFVEJrTxw3GIKXb8sEAfT7DBzZrNkl6JHAw/viewform?usp=header
Trigger Warning: emotional/psychological abuse, verbal abuse, domestic violence, victim-blaming, marital assault, and generational trauma
Come to Commonwealth Auditorium the 26th at 7:30 PM and the 29th at 2, and 7:30 PM to see SITD’s production of Hamlet!
Auditions will be on March 8th and 9th in Little Theatre, and callbacks will be on March 10th.
Black Lives Matter. Shakespeare in the Dark stands with the Black community, those protesting police brutality and systemic racism, and William & Mary’s students of color. Our institution’s history includes many race-based atrocities, and we condemn this past. We cannot move forward without acknowledging this, and we must continue to educate ourselves and make active changes as a predominantly white student organization.
As an organization rooted in community and input from any student who wishes to do so, Shakespeare in the Dark commits to supporting diversity and inclusion.
Today, we also stand with the student organizations who make up the Cooperative Change Fund. The images that you will see along with our post are from them. With them, we are helping to raise money for Campaign Zero and the National Police Accountability Project, two legal organizations working on policy changes to reduce the rate of police violence. More information about them is listed in our donations section below. If you can donate to this project please send any donation you can make, big or small, to @ACS_WM on Venmo. Please make sure to include CCF Donation in your donation title. Shakespeare in the Dark has pledged to make a $300 donation match, so please donate and when you do send us a direct message or reply to this email with a receipt for your Venmo donation for us to match.
Thank you all so much for your support, we are nothing without our members.
Additionally, we have included other resources related to William & Mary and beyond. Please look over them.
Please donate to the organizations below if you can. Additionally, take some time to look at the resources linked below, which specifically examine race in theatre, race in Shakespeare, and race in present-day theatrical productions of Shakespeare.
In solidarity,
SitD Exec
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Donate:
Black Theatre Network:
www.blacktheatrenetwork.org/donate-1
Richmond Mutual Aid:
Venmo: @RichmondMutualAid
Paypal: Paypal.me/RichmondMutualAid
George Floyd Memorial Fund:
Campaign Zero: www.joincampaignzero.org
National Police Accountability Project:
Black Theatre Companies:
*these are just a few of the many great places you can donate to at this time*
Listening:
Shakespeare and Race: s1 e4 of The Globe’s #SuchStuff podcast (a transcript of the episode is included in the link below)
www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2018/09/28/such-stuff-s1-e4/
All That Glisters Is Not Gold: from NPR’s Code Switch (a transcript of the episode is included in the link below)
www.npr.org/2019/08/21/752850055/all-that-glisters-is-not-gold
Shakespeare and Race: s5 e6 of The Globe’s #SuchStuff podcast (a transcript of the episode is included in the link below)
Reading:
Shakespeare and Race: A Personal Story https://medium.com/@shakespearesglobe/shakespeare-and-race-a-personal-story-e998feae257
Anti-racist Shakespeare
www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2020/05/26/anti-racist-shakespeare/
Silence of White Theaters on Anti-Black Violence is Deafening
Resources for Racial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Watching:
This Google Doc includes titles and descriptions of relevant theatrical works available through Digital Theatre Plus, which is accessible through the W&M Library database collection.
