The Ground on Which We Stand: Diversity and Opportunity in American Theatre, Twenty Years After August Wilson’s Foundational Speech

The McCarter Theatre Center and Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts presented The Ground on Which We Stand: Diversity and Opportunity in American Theatre, Twenty Years after August Wilson’s Foundational Speech livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 18 April at 10:30 a.m. PDT-3 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 12:30 p.m. CDT-5 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 1:30 p.m. EDT-6 p.m. EDT (New York). 

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This symposium will commemorate Wilson’s keynote address to the 1996 Theatre Communications Group National Conference, delivered on the Matthews Stage at McCarter Theatre. The event will consist of a reading of the speech, two panels featuring an array of artists and arts professionals, and reflections.

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