(Re)Imagine Accessible Theater, hosted by Seattle Rep
Channel: HowlRound Theatre Commons
Date: 18/12/2020

A series by Seattle Rep that brings artists and community leaders together.

Thursday 17 December 2020
Seattle Rep presented (Re)Imagine Accessible Theater livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 17 December 2020 at 5 p.m. PST (Seattle, UTC -8) / 6 p.m. MST (Denver, UTC -7) / 7 p.m. CST (Chicago, UTC -6) / 8 p.m. EST (New York, UTC -5).

(Re)Imagine Theater is a panel series that brings artists and community leaders together to envision a new theatrical world. Without constraints, what do we want theater to look like? We will highlight individuals and organizations who are working toward positive change, and discuss how artists and community can work together to craft our vision for the future of theater. But before any of that work can be done, we must know what we are working towards. We must be able to imagine the future to make it, and we hope that these conversations will challenge and inspire Seattle Rep and theaters across the nation.

Audience members will be welcome to add their ideas and vision to the conversation, in addition to a curated panel local to the Seattle area. Come imagine with us, think beyond and through barriers, and begin to manifest the future of theater.

The leading questions for these panel discussions are:

If you could wave a magic wand and build a new theater landscape, what would you create?

What does theater at the heart of public life look like?

(Re)Imagine Accessible Theater
The (dis)ABILITY community has paved the way in developing innovation and access to make life better for all communities. What does universal access look like in theater? Let’s hear and learn from a variety of intersectional identities, (dis)ABLED theater artists, and community leaders to envision what accessible theater can be.

Co-facilitators:
Monique Holt, Theater Director for Deaf Spotlight
Nabra Nelson, Seattle Rep

Panelists:
Elizabeth Ralston, Founder of the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium
Cassidy Huff, Actress, Singer-Songwriter, Best-Selling Author, and Voice-Over Artist
Kameko Thomas, Writer
Emi Nakamura, Member of the Parachute Players