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Video: First Look at the World Premiere Adaptation of 1919 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Oct 23, 2022
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company is presenting the Steppenwolf for Young Adults' world premiere of 1919, adapted by J. Nicole Brooks from Eve L. Ewing's collection of luminous and searing poems about the killing of Black teenager Eugene Williams in 1919 off the segregated Chicago lakeshore - and how this tragedy reverberates today. Watch video here.

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#Acting & Theater #Discrimination & Identity Relations #Human Rights & Liberties