Comments on: Valk Like a Man: The Wooster Group’s Kate Valk discusses Eugene O’Neill’s controversial classic, “The Emperor Jones” http://newcitystage.com/2008/12/23/valk-like-a-man-the-wooster-groups-kate-valk-discusses-eugene-oneills-controversial-classic-the-emperor-jones/ Theater, Dance, Comedy and Performance in Chicago Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:31:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Valerie Jean Johnson http://newcitystage.com/2008/12/23/valk-like-a-man-the-wooster-groups-kate-valk-discusses-eugene-oneills-controversial-classic-the-emperor-jones/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Valerie Jean Johnson Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:29:27 +0000 http://newcitystage.com/?p=969#comment-81 Please note the two free events being presented in conjunction with "The Emperor Jones." Call the Goodman Theatre box office to reserve your seat: Performing Other: Constructing Race and Gender Onstage and Off Wednesday, January 7 at 5:30pm Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Blvd. What is the performative nature of race? How do we learn to read gender in an increasingly androgynous society? Join performance artist Holly Hughes along with panelists Romi Crawford, School of the Art Institute; Tanya Saracho, playwright and co-founder of Teatro Luna; and E. Patrick Johnson, Chair of Performance Studies at Northwestern University for a engaging discussion on how we perform race and gender in our daily lives as well as on the stage. Performing Other is co-sponsored by the Department of Cultural Affairs for the City of Chicago and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago. The Wooster Group’s Impact on Contemporary Performance Saturday, January 10 at 3pm Goodman Theatre In their 33 year history, the internationally acclaimed Wooster Group has redefined what is possible for the stage through their innovative use of media, movement and often deconstructed versions of classic plays. Professors Harvey Young and Rachel Shteir speak with Director Elizabeth LeCompte and members of the Wooster Group about the history of their work and its impact on contemporary performance. Please note the two free events being presented in conjunction with “The Emperor Jones.” Call the Goodman Theatre box office to reserve your seat:

Performing Other: Constructing Race and Gender Onstage and Off
Wednesday, January 7 at 5:30pm
Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Blvd.

What is the performative nature of race? How do we learn to read gender in an increasingly androgynous society? Join performance artist Holly Hughes along with panelists Romi Crawford, School of the Art Institute; Tanya Saracho, playwright and co-founder of Teatro Luna; and E. Patrick Johnson, Chair of Performance Studies at Northwestern University for a engaging discussion on how we perform race and gender in our daily lives as well as on the stage. Performing Other is co-sponsored by the Department of Cultural Affairs for the City of Chicago and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago.

The Wooster Group’s Impact on Contemporary Performance
Saturday, January 10 at 3pm
Goodman Theatre

In their 33 year history, the internationally acclaimed Wooster Group has redefined what is possible for the stage through their innovative use of media, movement and often deconstructed versions of classic plays. Professors Harvey Young and Rachel Shteir speak with Director Elizabeth LeCompte and members of the Wooster Group about the history of their work and its impact on contemporary performance.

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