The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) in collaboration with the Resistance Revival Chorus present a special, free one-night-only Public Forum event, We Rise: A Celebration of Resistance on Monday, August 13 at 8:00 PM at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
We Rise: A Celebration of Resistance looks at the past, present, and future of resistance and civic engagement as the country starts to turn its attention to the midterm elections. The presentation puts both the music and the movement onstage with performances, speeches and more, featuring appearances and performances by Shakina Nayfack, Valerie June, The Resistance Revival Chorus, Shaina Taub, Flor de Toloache and others.
“Community, sisterhood, self-expression and the power of the arts are just some of the ways in which we stay motivated to fight, to resist, to protest for our freedom,” said Resistance Revival Chorus Co-Founder Ginny Suss. “They can take a lot, but they cannot take our joy; celebrating joy as a form of resistance has become our mission and has given us the strength to continue to stand up for what matters. We are thrilled that in partnership with The Public Theater we’ll be able to share this with a wider audience at We Rise: A Celebration of Resistance on August 13.”
Previous Public Forums at the Delacorte have included the 2016 Welcome Home: A Celebration of World Refugee Day, in partnership with the International Rescue Committee, which featured a naturalization ceremony for brand new American citizens led by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson on the stage of the Delacorte. In 2014, Public Theater Scholar in Residence James Shapiro curated Public Forum: Shakespeare in Americato celebrate the bard’s plethora of work with notable participants James Earl Jones, Alec Baldwin, and Jessica Chastain. In 2013, What Are We Worth? Shakespeare, Money, and Morals, a partnership with the Aspen Institute,featured readings from Shakespeare’s greatest works by acclaimed actors Alan Alda, Vanessa Redgrave, Liev Schrieber, and Matt Damon, and a town hall discussion by Harvard professor Michael Sandel.
FREE tickets to We Rise: A Celebration of Resistance will be distributed, two per person, at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park beginning at 12:00 PM on Monday, August 13.
Tickets will also be distributed by digital lottery on the TodayTix app and website on Monday, August 13. A limited number of vouchers for Public Forum: We Rise will also be distributed on Monday, August 13 via an in-person lottery at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street at Astor Place. The Public’s Delacorte Theater is accessible by entering at 81st Street and Central Park West, or 79th Street and Fifth Avenue.
For more ticket information please visit www.publictheater.org.
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