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KPCC Play Reading Series - Ochre & Onyx
In partnership with KPCC, Watts Village Theatre Company presents a staged reading of Ochre & Onyx: The Langston Hughes Project.
Ochre & Onyx, follows an African-American slam poet in her struggle to come to terms with her preconceptions about Latinos after losing her day job to a bilingual Latina replacement. Thanks to a chance meeting with an Afro-Latina painter on a guided museum tour, the poet learns that Langston Hughes, father of the Harlem Renaissance, lived in Mexico from 1920-21 causing a cultural collision that changed young Langston's life forever. Further exploration of Hughes' legacy leads her to re-examine her past, her relationships and Los Angeles' ever-changing ethnic landscape.
For the past 14 years, WVTC has produced exclusively new plays that address and examine issues facing Watts and the Los Angeles community. Given the negative press devoted to Afro-Latino tensions, WVTC decide to react with a positive example of Afro-Latino collaboration; both within the story of the play and within the team of artists working to bring the play to life.
Watts Village Theater Company
http://www.wattsvillagetheatercompany.org
The reading is written by Lynn Manning and directed by Guillermo Avilés-Rodríguez.
Post-reading Q&A will be moderated by KPCC's Hettie Lynne Hurtes.
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LocationThe Crawford Family Forum
474 S. Raymond Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91105
United States
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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