Workshop Theatre: "The Race 2020" (Online)
Venue: Online Virtual Event, New River Valley
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts
Date: Friday, October 30, 2020
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free

Description:
The Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts presents the interactive workshop "The Race 2020" with four online performances starting on Friday, October 30, 2020 through Monday, November 2, 2020.

Performance Schedule:
• Friday, October 30th at 7:00 pm
• Saturday, October 31st at 2:00 pm
• Sunday, November 1st at 2:00 pm
• Monday, November 2nd at 7:00 pm

"The Race 2020" is an interactive live-streamed workshop theatre performance that combines spectacle and collaborative conversation to investigate the state of our democracy. The production blends performance, call and response, question and answer, dance and karaoke into a participatory, highly choreographed, and at times improvised exploration.

In this era of increased partisanship and division, "The Race 2020" examines how theatre can promote an active conversation about leadership and campaigns - a race to discover what binds us together and tears us apart.

"The Race 2020" is developed in collaboration with The Civility Project: a hub for inquiry, skills-sharing, and experimentation in civil dialogue and community trust building. Through both projects, we seek to inspire social repair through communication and healthy deliberation.

Drawing on social science methods for building empathy and understanding, the performancers will explore how storytelling and human communication function in digital environments, seeking to better equip themselves and their communities to make decisions, and to build consensus around polarizing topics.

Admission is free however registration is required.

To register, visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-race-2020-tickets-124330571085.

This adaptation of "The Race 2020" is developed in collaboration with TeAsya Hudson, Keith Patrick McCoy, Courtney Surmanek and Taylor Wood, in conjunction with a creative team comprised of Virginia Tech students, faculty, and New River Valley community members.

"The Race 2020" is produced by the Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts as part of the Fall 2020 Online Season and supported in part by the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology’s Major SEAD Grant.

For more information, visit: https://www.performingarts.vt.edu/performances/2020/10/sopa-therace.html.

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