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Livestreamed on this page on Friday 17 February 2023 at 7:55 p.m. PST (San Francisco, UTC -8) / 9:55 p.m. CST (Dallas, UTC -6) / 10:55 p.m. EST (New York, UTC -5).

Dallas, Texas
Friday 17 February 2023

The 1619 Project, One-Act Festival Talkback with Dr. Nikole Hannah-Jones

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Bishop Arts Theatre Center
Friday 17 February 2023

Bishop Arts Theater Center presented a talkback following The 1619 Project, One-Act Festival Talkback livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV network on Friday 17 February 2023 at 7:55 p.m. PST (San Francisco, UTC -8) / 9:55 p.m. CST (Dallas, UTC -6) / 10:55 p.m. EST (New York, UTC -5).

Beginning February 2023, Bishop Arts Theatre Center (BATC) will produce The 1619 Project, One-Act Festival in Dallas, Texas. BATC commissioned nine playwrights to pen a script inspired by Dr. Nikole Hannah-Jones' Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times bestseller, The 1619 Project. Dr. Hannah-Jones will attend the production on Friday 17 February 2023 and participate in a talkback after the performance.

The performance is made possible in part by the All Stars Project and Dallas Truth Racial Healing and Transformation. The event will be livestreamed on this page.

 

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