Dispatches from (A)mended America
DISPATCHES was produced Off-Broadway by Epic Theatre Ensemble in 2012 and ran in rep with Jeanne Sakata's HOLD THESE TRUTHS
Dispatches from (A)mended America is a documentary theater piece by Brandt Adams and Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr. It began as a conversation between Simmons, a 42-year-old black man, and Adams, a 25-year-old white man in November 2008. In the days and weeks after the election, both men discovered they were nagged by the same question, "What does the election of the first black President of the United States mean for our country?". In the month leading up to the 2009 Presidential Inauguration Simmons and Adams traveled throughout the American South conducting 100 interviews in an attempt to better understand the significance of President Obama's election. Dispatches... uses live theatre and audience participation to challenge assumptions about race through the words of the writers, the interviewees, and the audience.
In October of 2012, Dispatches... was produced Off-Broadway by Epic Theatre Ensemble at the Theatre at the 14th Street Y.
Review on NYTheatre.com
Review on NY Theatre Review
Associated Press Review
In March of 2018, it was included in NoPassport Press's Epic Plays anthology, edited by Emily Mendelsohn and Chiori Miyagawa.
In October of 2012, Dispatches... was produced Off-Broadway by Epic Theatre Ensemble at the Theatre at the 14th Street Y.
Review on NYTheatre.com
Review on NY Theatre Review
Associated Press Review
In March of 2018, it was included in NoPassport Press's Epic Plays anthology, edited by Emily Mendelsohn and Chiori Miyagawa.
Not From Here
Not From Here is a devised immersive theater piece inspired by Heinrich Böll's The Clown (Ansichten eines Clowns) about being from one place and going to another place. What are the stories we tell in order to define ourselves, and what happens when we carry them with us as we leave home? How do we make sense of ourselves as strangers in strange lands? And is true generosity between us possible?
It premiered at the Ace Hotel in New York in February of 2018.
Written by Brandt Adams with the creative team and ensemble.
It premiered at the Ace Hotel in New York in February of 2018.
Written by Brandt Adams with the creative team and ensemble.