Opening Reception: Torn Asunder

Join us at the Center for a free reception to honor the final act of the 2015-16 Process Series. Based on the highly acclaimed book Help Me to Find My People, the play chronicles the journey of African Americans from loss to the search for and discovery of their loved ones immediately after Emancipation, a search that still reverberates in African American families today. The reception will include a dramatic reading as well as songs by Mary D. Williams, and light refreshments will be served.

Crafted by Obie Award-winning playwright Nikkole Salter, Torn Asunder also serves as the final act of the “Telling Our Stories of Home” conference festival, supported by an NEH grant for “Humanities in the Public Square.” The play will be performed on April 7th and 8th at Swain Hall. Get your tickets here!

Artist credit:  Amanda Tumusiime, “The Long Stride”