The August Wilson Red Door Project
presents:
Evolve
Directed by Kevin Jones
Co-Directed by Louanne Moldovan
No upcoming performances at this time.
Evolve is a new performance experience that explores the relationship between law enforcement and communities of color. Combining monologues from The New Black Fest’s Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments, a show written by African American men and women about their experience with racial profiling, and Cop Out: Beyond Black, White & Blue, based on interviews with police officers, Evolve seeks to stimulate conversation in a new way and help us to bridge a seemingly intractable divide.
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Featuring the following monologues from The New Black Fest’s Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments |
Featuring the following monologues from The August Wilson Red Door Project’s Cop Out: Beyond Black, White & Blue |
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Superiority Fantasy by Nathan James Holes in My Identity by Nathan Yungerberg Abortion by Nsangou Njikam How I Feel by Dennis Allen II |
The PSA by Shepsu Aakhu Happy Birthday Officer Hughes and Place Your Hands On Your Head In Holy City by J. Nicole Brooks Full Stop by Bonnie Ratner The Things You Can’t Unsee by J. David Shanks So I Was Driving Along by Andrea Stolowitz |
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For more information: HandsUpPDX.com |
For more information: CopOutPDX.com |
Evolve is produced in partnership with:
Learn more:
Watch the trailer for Hands Up:
What is racial ecology anyway?
Cop Out – How It’s Made:
PBS NewsHour: How Portland’s Black community and police are sharing their stories through theater
Oregon ArtsWatch writes about our journey from Hands Up to Cop Out
Read about our commitment to nuance in this challenging conversation in The Oregonian
Portland Monthly asks: What happens when you put the stories of police officers on stage?
