This weekend the Goodman Theatre will present the I Am . . . Fest, three days of events and artistic educational programming, including workshops, film screenings, and play readings, to celebrate women of color. It concludes on Monday evening with the International 10-Minute Play Showcase featuring Chicago playwrights Nambi E. Kelley and Loy Webb and the U.S. premiere of The Interrogation of Sandra Bland by Mojisola Adebayo, in which 100 women of color perform the transcript of Sandra Bland’s arrest.
Hodge-Dallaway is particularly excited about The Interrogation of Sandra Bland, which she is directing. “Having 100 women take to the stage to pay homage to Sandra Bland, I would anticipate that they would feel a real sense of unity, and strength in numbers in a way that they haven’t experienced before,” she says. Edmund adds, “It’s especially important and beautiful that it’s women of color, that it’s Middle Eastern, it’s Latina, it’s Asian, the whole gamut. It’s not just one person that has experienced police brutality, it is something that has affected women of color all throughout the spectrum.”
Sat 4/27-Mon 4/29: times vary, see website; Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, 312-443-3800, goodmantheatre.org, International 10-Minute Play Showcase $10, all other events F
