No Dream Deferred presents a Plenary with Ericka Dickerson-Despenza livestreaming on the worldwide, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV community on Friday 19 May 2023 at 5 p.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC -7) / 7 p.m. CDT (New Orleans, UTC -5) / 8 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4).
2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist, Ericka Dickerson-Despenza, speaks on the André Callioux Center for the We Will Dream New Works Festival.
Click right here to examine Ericka Dickerson-Despenza’s world-premiere audio play, SHADOW/LAND.
The WE WILL DREAM: New Works Festival is a biennial occasion that locates the Bayou Road hall of New Orleans because the “national meeting place” for Black playwrights originating/working within the American South to interact with compelling, inventive, mental, and cultural dialogue and neighborhood exploration. The competition’s aim is to function a bulwark of help for the skilled and inventive improvement of Black playwrights. The Virtual Festival provides fourteen weeks of competition highlights from the comforts of your individual residence. Programming runs from March nineteenth via Juneteenth. Virtual Fest will moreover characteristic particular programming for Lagniappe ticket holders. By becoming a member of our Lagniappe neighborhood, you’ll achieve unique entry to bonus movies, interviews, and complimentary merchandise. To buy your ticket, click on right here.