Working Theater and the Broadway Advocacy Coalition (BAC) have come together to stage an innovative new play festival this summer. Called Stage Left, the festival will take place at The Judy Theatre at Playwrights Horizons June 13-15, and June 20-22.
Supported by the Murphy Institute and Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice and hosted by Playwrights Horizons, Stage Left will unite New York鈥檚 arts and advocacy communities to highlight the power of collective storytelling.
The festival will feature six new play readings inspired by frontline fights for racial and economic justice, including La Dureza by Ed Cardona Jr., Hit Machine by Jonathan Caren, The Garbologists by Lindsay Joelle, Foot Wears House by Laura Neill, The Hero U Took by Pedro Rosario, and Date of Release by Andrea Ambam.
Each of the plays is paired with an advocacy coalition working at the frontlines of the movement鈥攊ncluding REI Soho Union, Los Deliveristas Unidos/Workers Justice Project, and Releasing Aging People in Prison Campaign鈥攖o ignite conversation and create pathways to immediate and meaningful action following each reading.
The festival was born out of conversations between Working Theater and BAC, and Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice, an institute at CUNY鈥檚 School of Labor and Urban Studies devoted to training, connecting, and supporting leaders at the frontlines of movements demanding justice and liberation.
Additional information about the festival lineup and talent will be announced in the coming weeks.
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