BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Denver X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11-16037@theatre.colostate.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20210226T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20210226T223000 DTSTAMP:20241015T153220Z URL:https://theatre.colostate.edu/events/on-the-brink-reading-series-citiz en-by-claudia-rankine/ SUMMARY:ON THE BRINK Reading Series: Citizen by Claudia Rankine DESCRIPTION:Spring 2021 ON THE BRINK Reading Series\nCurated by Professor S affron Henke\n\nWhat have we learned from 2020? How do we as theatre artis ts respond to this moment?\n\nThese are multifaceted times we are facing\, not just in terms of the political\, social and cultural upheavals that 2 020 brought upon us\, but also the challenges the pandemic has brought to live performance as well. In response\, this Spring\, the Colorado State U niversity Theatre Department will begin a series of readings of new works addressing the hot topic themes of our times – issues that have pushed o ur culture to the brink...and that reveal whole new worlds of possibilitie s. A collaboration of professional theatre artists\, faculty members\, cur rent students and CSU alumni\, On the Brink will explore works representin g a variety of underrepresented voices and perspectives.\n\nCitizen by Cla udia Rankine\n\n7:30pm-9:00pm Reading\n9:00pm Facilitated post-reading dis cussion\nDirector: Aisha Kabia\nPost Show Discussion Facilitator: Fleurett e King\n\nClaudia Rankine's bold new book is CSU’s Common Read for 2020- 21. Citizen recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters in twenty-first-century daily life and in the media. Some of these encounters are slights\, seeming slips of the tongue\, and some are intentional offe nsives in the classroom\, at the supermarket\, at home\, on the tennis cou rt with Serena Williams and the soccer field with Zinedine Zidane\, online \, on TV-everywhere\, all the time. The accumulative stresses come to bear on people of color’s ability to speak\, perform\, and stay alive. Our a ddressability is tied to the state of our belonging\, Rankine argues\, as are our assumptions and expectations of citizenship. In essay\, image\, an d poetry\, Citizen is a powerful testament to the individual and collect ive effects of racism in America.\n\nReading Link Here\n\nDirector and gue st performer: \nAisha Kabia Is an actress and director working and livin g in Los Angeles\, CA.  In Nine Seasons with Independent Shakespeare Com pany:  Thaisa in ‘PERICLES’\, Titania in ‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DR EAM’ Queen Elizabeth in ‘RICHARD III’\, Princess in 'LOVES LABOURS LOST'\, Mistress Ford in 'MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR'\, Helena in 'MIDSUMME R NIGHTS DREAM'\, Lady Macduff in 'MACBETH'\, Lady Capulet in 'ROMEO AND J ULIET'\, Celia/Phebe in 'AS YOU LIKE IT'\, Adriana in 'COMEDY OF ERRORS'   Regional Theater: 3 Seasons at OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL  Te levision: The GOOD PLACE\, The RESIDENT\, S.W.A.T\, GIRL MEETS WORLD\, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER\, NCIS:LA\, TRANSFORMERS 5\, etc. &\; over 3 5 National Commercials  Education: Second City Conservatory Graduate.  BFA from UC SANTA BARBARA \n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nFeatured perform ers:\nCarene Mekertichyan  is an actress\, writer\, singer\, educator\, and proud Angeleno. As a Black Armenian woman\, she is drawn to storytell ing that centers marginalized narratives and believes true art exists to s park empathy and create social change. Her identity and upbringing in Los Angeles informs both her art and intersectional activism. She serves as the Artistic Associate for Social Justice at Independent Shakespeare Co. a nd is a teaching artist for The Unusual Suspects and Creative Acts. She ha s performed with Independent Shakespeare Co\, Rogue Artists Ensemble\, Pal os Verdes Performing Arts\, Hero Theatre\, and at the Getty Villa. Her pla ys have been produced at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival\, MeetCute LA\, C ompany of Angels\, Independent Shakespeare Co.\, and Sacred Fools’ "We the People Theater Action".  She is also part of LAist's "Racism 10 1" team. She received her training from Dartmouth College and the London A cademy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). \n\nBukola Ogunmola  is a Ni gerian-American film and theater actor and writer born and raised in South Jamaica\, Queens\, New York. Some of her latest work is in the LA's Shak espeare in the Park Romeo and Juliet as Juliet\, Twelfth Night as Viola\, A Midsummer Night's Dream\, Measure for Measure and Titus Andronicus.   She holds an MFA in Acting from the USC School of Dramatic Arts and is bi-coastal between Los Angeles and New York. \n\n \;\n\nPatrick Dean Batiste\, Jr. was born and raised in Berkeley\, CA. He has been acting\, s inging\, performing on stage and in front of the camera for most of his li fe with work spanning TV\, film\, theatre\, voice over\, Shakespeare\, dan ce and music. He has shot over 20 national commercials\, co-starred in NBC ’s TRAUMA\, has starred in many award winning short and independent film s and has an extensive list of professional theatre credits. Patrick gradu ated from California State University\, Northridge having majored in Theat re with a minor in Music with a focus in vocal performance. He looks forwa rd to getting back on stage and in front of an audience when it is safe to do so.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nJasmine Retland is excited to have her f irst theatrical debut as a college student at CSU. She is currently a firs t-year undeclared student but plans to major in music with a concentration in music therapy. In her last theatrical performance\, she played The Lad y of the Lake in Spamalot (Gateway High School). Jasmine wants to thank he r older brother\, Andrew\, for paving the way to the possibility of being an actor. \n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nTaya Hancock (she\, her\, hers) from Pueblo\, Co is a 3rd year Social Work major with a minor in Eth nic Studies. She volunteers her time as a peer mentor for the Black/ Afric an American Cultural Center (B/AACC) at CSU- Fort Collins and is the lead mentor for GPS a youth mentoring program also with B/AACC. Taya currently holds a position as President for the student org United Women of Color at CSU. She also serves as the Bachelors of Social Work Student Representati ve for the NASW- Colorado Chapter. Taya is passionate about theatre and th e arts and is excited to be a part of the ON THE BRINK Reading Series.\n\n  \;\n\nTre’Vonne Coleman is a Junior studying theater with an empha sis in performance. He has been in three productions here at CSU: One Man\ , Two Guvnors (Barman)\, Joint Stock’s Me Too (ensemble)\, and A Mid summer Night's Dream (Francis Flute). Tre’Vonne would like to thank his family and friends for supporting him in his endeavors to be an actor and is excited for what the future holds for him.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nCS U Rams Read Gallery- View Gallery Here\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theatre.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads /sites/11/2021/01/2021.01.22_OnTheBrinkReadingSeries_Screen.jpg CATEGORIES:College of Liberal Arts Featured Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Denver BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR