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Lane County theatres collaborate on Juneteenth Play Reading

6/17/2020

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For Immediate Release

June 17, 2020

Contact:
Susan Goes, Executive Director, 541-942-8001


Local Theatres Team-Up for a Juneteenth Theatre Justice Project Reading of Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids by Vincent Terrell Durham
Livestreamed reading on Friday, June 19, 2020 at 7:00 pm

EUGENE, OREGON – Several area theatres join forces to present a reading of Vincent Terrell Durham’s bold new play, Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids. Local collaborators include Cottage Theatre, Lane Community College Theatre Department, Oregon Contemporary Theatre (OCT), Minority Voices Theatre and Very Little Theatre (VLT). The event will be livestreamed on Friday, June 19 at 7:00 pm and will be available for free on Zoom, Facebook Live and YouTube. 

On Friday, Juneteenth, (June 19th), local artists stand with the Juneteenth Theatre Justice Project and dozens of theatre communities across the nation to respond to our current moment—the civil uprising that has come as a reaction to the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless others before them—with simultaneous, free presentations of Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids by Vincent Terrell Durham. Stanley Coleman will direct a local reading, featuring actors from throughout the area.

A liberal white couple open the doors of their renovated Harlem brownstone to host a cocktail party for a Black Lives Matter activist, his gay white lover, a sistah named Shemeka and the mother of a slain 12-year-old black boy. A night of cocktails and conversation spark emotional debates ranging from under-weight polar bears, Lana Turner, saving the planet, gentrification, racial identity and protecting the lives of black boys. With a perfect blend of wit, pathos and humor, the play speaks to some of the most pressing subjects of our time—gentrification, white fragility, the Black Lives Matter movement, and police violence against Black bodies. 

Content warning: intended for mature audiences, this play include discussions and representations of racism and police violence. The startling and powerful ending drives home the emotions of our world today.

Vincent Terrell Durham (Playwright) is a scriptwriter, author and poet who first honed his storytelling skills as a stand-up comic in clubs across the country. His plays include The Fertile River, Vol. 1, A Post Racial America, and Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids, among others. Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids was co-commissioned and developed by PlayGround and Planet Earth Arts and is a 2019 NNPN National Showcase of New Plays finalist.

The Juneteenth Theatre Justice Project was launched by San Francisco Bay theatre artist Aldo Billingslea to center Black theatre artists and new voices, address systemic racism in the theatre industry and help raise much needed funds in support of Black Theatres around the country.

Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids will be available online for one night only, Friday, June 19, at 7:00 pm. Audiences can access the event on Zoom, or via Cottage Theatre’s website. The event is free, with donations encouraged to the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Fund for Black Theatres in the U.S.

For more information, visit www.cottagetheatre.org/juneteenth-project.

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The Sew Must Go On!

6/16/2020

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Since the COVID "Stay Home, Save Lives" order was issued in March, Cottage Theatre volunteer extraordinaire Rhonda Turnquist has been sewing up a storm. Click on the image below to see all twenty of her quarantine creations.
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CT's Top Ten Shows List

6/1/2020

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For the past ten weeks we've been revealing our "Top Ten Shows" of all time list, based upon the total number of tickets sold. Now that they've all been revealed, we are pleased to share this master list of your all-time favorites.
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CT's Top Ten Shows - #1
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
December 2010
Directed by Peg Major
CT's Top Ten Shows - #2
Les Misérables
April 2015
Directed by Alan Beck
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CT's Top Ten Shows - #3
Shrek the Musical
October 2018
Directed by Keith Kessler
​CT's Top Ten Shows - #4
Jesus Christ Superstar
October 2015
Directed by Tony Rust
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​CT's Top Ten Shows - #5
Legally Blonde
April 2018
Directed by Madison Baker
​CT's Top Ten Shows - #6
The Sound of Music
April 2019
Directed by Joel Ibáñez
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​​CT's Top Ten Shows - #7
Annie Get Your Gun
April 2016
Directed by Tony Rust
​​CT's Top Ten Shows - #8
Jekyll & Hyde
October 2017
Directed by Mark VanBeever
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​CT's Top Ten Shows - #9
Seussical
December 2017
Directed by Keith Kessler
​CT's Top Ten Shows - #10
Fiddler on the Roof
April 2014
Directed by Peg Major
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