<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span><b><br><br><br><br></b></span></span><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span><b><img src="cid:ii_156e17b3b7145550" alt="Inline image 1" height="330" width="427"><br>Fires In The Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities</b></span></span><br></div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span><b> Conceived, Written, and Originally Performed by Anna Deavere Smith </b><br> <br>directed by Karen Christina Jones<br> <br>
Fires in the Mirror chronicles a civic disturbance in the New York
neighborhood of Crown Heights in August 1991. In that racially divided
neighborhood, a car driven by a Jewish man veered onto a sidewalk and
killed a 7-year-old Caribbean-American boy who was learning to ride a
bicycle. The accident and the response of emergency medical personnel
sparked protests during which a Jewish student visiting from Australia
was stabbed on the street by a group of black youths. Days of rioting
ensued, exposing to national scrutiny the depth of the racial <span>divisions
in Crown Heights. The rioting produced 190 injuries, 129 arrests, and
an estimated one million dollars in property damage.<br> <br> Seven
actors will perform 29 monologues from the words of 26 people directly
and on the periphery the that explosive event. The ensemble's
performance crosses lines of gender and race to engage in an honest
reflection of the human condition. <br> <br> <b>Ensemble<br> Debra Bercier<br> Marquis Heath<br> Caroline Lukasik<br> Samara Miller<br> Jessica JJ Paul<br> Angelique Powell<br></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span><span><b><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span><span>Lori Porter </span></span></span> </b><br><br>
Production dates Friday, October 7th at 7.30pm; Saturday, October 8th
at 3.00pm & 7:30pm, Sunday, October 9th at 3.00pm and Friday,
October 14th at 7.30pm, Saturday, October 15th at 3.00pm and 7.30pm, and
Sunday, October 16th at 3.00pm <br></span></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span><span>at the African American Cultural Center of the Capital Region 135 South Pearl Street Albany NY. <br></span></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span><span> <br> For more information call <a href="tel:518-227-0154" value="+15182270154" target="_blank">518-227-0154</a> or e-mail <a href="mailto:callalootheater@gmail.com" target="_blank">callalootheater@gmail.com</a></span></span></span></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"><br><br><br>Karen Christina Jones<br>Artistic Director<br></font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">Callaloo Theater Company<br></font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">#Inclusion<br></font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">#Opportunity<br></font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">#CallalooTheater<br></font></div></div><br><div><span><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B0N_Uy79Dba3b3dOdklRdDlhVG9RUWpXZGlCZUtYampLYWpr&export=download"></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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