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Sep 27th, 2022
The University of Windsor Alumni Association will host an online discussion of “Black Excellence in the Performing Arts,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29.
Alumni and friends will travel to the Stratford Festival for its production of The Tempest on Wednesday, October 17.
Theatre should be a vehicle for education, say two drama students who will premiere their original work, For Those Who Stand Upon Our Shoulders, this weekend.
Fourth-year acting majors Aisha Bentham and Alexis Gordon drew upon their own experiences as the only two black women in their program to craft what they hope will be a jumping-off point for thought and discussion on the subject of race in Canadian theatre.
“We don’t have all the answers,” says Bentham. “We just want to raise some questions.”