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The AV Club presents
Everybody's Hometown - Play Reading
11-23-2024 07:30 PM
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09:30 PM
@
MEDIA COMMUNITY CENTER
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Event Details
On Easter weekend of 1964, civil rights demonstrations in Chester led to the imprisonment of many in the Media courthouse parking lot, exposed to the elements and without proper accommodations, behind a large iron gate. As Brother, Sister, Mother, and The Water decide what to do and what is right, members of North Media's Black community past and present tell their stories of growing up in a place whose slogan is "Everybody's Hometown." A poetic ethnography, this play was built on recorded interviews with North Media community members at The Media Theatre in 2022 and community engagement with the congregation of Second Baptist Church of Media.
Directed by Reva Stover, Dramaturged and Co-Produced by Autumn Blalock
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