James baldwin and giovanni5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() 1943) conducted with renowned writer and Civil Rights activist James Baldwin (1924-87), then 47. The current full-stage production of Lessons in Survival: 1971, now playing an Off-Broadway engagement at The Vineyard Theatre, is based on that iconic 1971 video of an interview the 28-year-old poet, educator, and militant Nikki Giovanni (b. When the news of the horrific death of George Floyd broke, actor Kyle Beltran ( In the Heights The Cherry Orchard) introduced the group to a resonant historic video from the 1970s that would inspire them to create an online anthology series called Lessons in Survival, exploring “difficult conversations on the path to collective liberation.” Crystal Dickinson and Carl Clemons-Hopkins. Its members gathered remotely each Wednesday on their digital devices to read plays and to investigate new material. ![]() ![]() During the pandemic closure of theaters in 2020, the grassroots theater collective The Commissary was formed. ![]()
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