Brooklyn '63
About the Production
Brooklyn '63 is an interview-based theater performance featuring Brooklyn-based activists, witnesses and those who have inherited the legacy of civic action. Brooklyn residents share their experiences and perspectives on activism from the early labor movement, the Ocean Hill-Brownsville Teachers Strike, the Downstate Medical Center protests led by Brooklyn CORE, the history of The East in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and more. Brooklyn '63 was created to honor the 50th anniversary of a defining year in the Civil Rights movement.
Production Team And Cast
Directed by
Ping Chong and Talvin Wilks
Written by
Ping Chong and Talvin Wilks, in collaboration with the performers
Lighting Design
Robert W. Henderson Jr.
Sound Design
Kumi Ishizawa
Projection Design
Maya Ciarrocchi
Assistant Projection Designer
Stevo Arnoczy
Production Associate
Courtney Golden
Cast
Elinor Barr, Lourdes Lebron, Clyde Deloris Herring, Patrick Dougher, Sam Pinn and Stan Kinard
Performance History
Premiere
The Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn, New York (May 2013)
Tours
Congregation Beth Elohim, Brooklyn, NY; Billie Holiday Theater, Brooklyn, NY; The Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY as part of The Brooklyn BEAT Festival (September 2013) ; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (April 2014)
Partners
651Arts
The Kumble Theater for Performing Arts
BEAT Festival