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With Exciting New Works, Three Bold Playwrights Make Their Case for Being Part of the Canon

Toussaint Jeanlouis, member of the first cohort of the BIPOC Critics Lab, details how three shows of Baltimore Center Stage’s 2020/21 season forecast a future with a more inclusive canon.

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Where We Stand

Center Stage | Where We Stand

What makes a community? Reading Donnetta Lavinia Grays’ Where We Stand tacked that demand to the bulletin board in my brain.

Post by Bret McCabe

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HASA logo next to a picture of two women conversing using sign language

HEARING AND SPEECH AGENCY(HASA)

The world premiere play Richard & Jane & Dick & Sally features Sally, a deaf character played by Treshelle Edmond who learns to sign against the wishes of her hearing father. In the interests of expanding access and inclusion in the arts, we have partnered with HASA.

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Learning Deaf Culture

Members of the artistic team chatted with two of the artists bringing Richard & Jane & Dick & Sally to life—James Caverly, the Director of Artistic Sign Language, and Treshelle Edmond, who plays Sally. Here’s what they had to share!

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Jenny Koons (director), Steph Cohen (set designer), Elisheba Ittoop (sound designer), Hahnji Jang (costume designer), Stacey Derosier (lighting designer)

Designing the Scenes for Men on Boats

Men on Boats assembled an incredible team of designers who re-define how stories are conveyed through their creativity. Get a glimpse into their unique design process.

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Tisha Edwards, Director of Baltimore City Office of Children and Family Success

Food for Thought

This past Thursday, we held our first “Food for Thought” with Tisha Edwards, Director of Baltimore City Office of Children and Family Success, to maximize these opportunities collectively.

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Stephanie Ybarra

BaltiMOST: Stephanie Ybarra Selected

Fishbowl’s Casandra Miller writes about Stephanie’s collaborative efforts to encourage a more civically sound community.

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Cast sitting on the hood of the truck

Scenes in Color Features Miss You Like Hell

We are so excited that noted writer Jose Solis, founder of Scenes of Color, interviewed Lorraine Velez and Stephanie Gómerez from Miss You Like Hell.

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Mirlande Jean-Gilles

Mother of two, award-winning artist and writer Mirlande Jean-Gilles captured our Season through her collage art for the 2019-20 season. Mirlande specializes in detail-capturing collages that vividly echo the heart and soul of a community.

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Erin McKeown

Behind the Music with Erin McKeown

Writer, singer, and producer Erin McKeown is bringing her distinctive, unforgettable sound to Baltimore Center Stage on Saturday October 5, performing a free concert. Our current production, Miss You Like Hell is Erin’s first musical production and was named Best Musical in 2018 by the Wall Street Journal. We got a chance to talk to Erin about her work.

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