Century of Black Theater Making: Living Legacy Gwendolen Hardwick

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The Apollo Theater will host an evening in celebration of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Cultures centennial honoring the legendary Harlem based theater artist and writer Gwendolen Hardwick in the late 1970s Hardwick co founded the Flamboyant Ladies Theater Company with writer and activist Alexis De Veaux A dynamic performer visionary theater maker and devoted community organizer Hardwick for over four decades has helped shape and sustain vital creative spaces for Black and queer women writers and performers in New York The evening will feature scene readings and poetry drawn from Hardwick expansive body of work alongside excerpts by Dominique Morisseau and Claro de los Reyes performed by Morriseau de los Reyes LaVonda Elam and Nsangou Njikam all of whom have studied under Hardwicks mentorship The evening will culminate with a conversation moderated by Kevin R. Free

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Door Time: 06:30pm Important Message Seating is by General Admission There is no late seating. Please arrive early. Late comers will be seated at the discretion of house management There is an overall 4 ticket limit per household for this event Citi is the preferred card of The Apollo Stages at The Victoria

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