The Inciting Incident: Art Activism, Social Justice, and Youth Theatre after COVID
Channel: HowlRound Theatre Commons
Date: 2020-12-17

#ENOUGH presented The Inciting Incident: Art Activism, Social Justice, and Youth Theatre after COVID livestreamed on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 15 December 2020 at 12 p.m. PST (San Francisco, UTC -8) / 2 p.m. CST (Chicago, UTC -6) / 3 p.m. EST (New York, UTC -5).

Join a panel of four members of the Advisory Council #ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence who are artistic leaders and creative change makers from across the country for a discussion on the intersection of arts activism, social justice, and engaging the next generation.

Our talk takes its name from a column playwright Idris Goodwin wrote for the American Theatre website at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In it, Goodwin grappled with what it means to be a playwright right now, writing:

“[T]his ain’t the intermission. It’s the show. On this stage, in this world, we, the men and women who are merely players, in our various roles, are waking daily in different plays all together. This is the moment where everything changes. We are in the inciting incident.”

In our conversation we will discuss...

What role do our theatres serve when we can gather again?
How can the theatre be an agent of social justice during this unprecedented moment?
And how do we encourage the next generation to embrace activism through making art, especially through the theatre, post COVID?

About #ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence
#ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence calls on teens to confront gun violence by creating new works of theatre that will spark critical conversations and incite meaningful action in communities across the country. Our mission is to promote playwriting as a tool for self-expression and social change, harnessing this generation's spirit of activism and providing a platform for America's playwrights of tomorrow to discover and develop their voices today.

https://www.enoughplays.com/