We Are Proud To Present... at Artists Repertory Theatre

Guest host Alan Montecillo features a dynamic production of  We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South West Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915 by Jackie Sibblies Drury. This play runs through April 10th at Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland. Alan talks with director Kevin Jones and actors Chantal DeGroat and Chris Harder.

More about the play: Three African American and three white actors set out to improvise a story about the first colonial genocide of the 20th Century in Africa, but get lost in the reality of their undertaking. The unusual presentation, humor and inevitable discomfort of this provocative new play gripped theatre hubs like New York, Chicago, London, Washington D.C. and Seattle with its unique theatrical investigation of prejudice, power and perspective.

Artists Repertory Theatre presents...
We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known
Jackie Sibblies Drury is a Brooklyn-based playwright. Her plays include We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South West Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915, Social Creatures and And now I only dance at weddings. The presenters of her plays include Soho Rep, Victory Gardens, Trinity Rep, Matrix Theatre, Woolly Mammoth, Undermain Theatre, InterAct Theatre, Actors Theater of Louisville, Available Light, Company One, and The Bush Theatre in London. Sibblies Drury has developed her work at Sundance, The Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep, A.C.T., The Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, New York Theatre Workshop, PRELUDE.11&14, The Civilians, The Bushwick Starr, The LARK, The Magic Theatre, The Bay Area Playwrights Festival and The MacDowell Colony. She received the 2012-2013 Van Lier Fellowship at New Dramatists and was the inaugural recipient of the 2012-2014 Jerome Fellowship at The LARK. She is a NYTW Usual Suspect and is currently a member of The Writer's Room at Manhattan Theatre Club and Ars Nova.

Scheduled Post Show Discussions hosted by a skilled facilitator
Sunday, March 13 @ 2pm; Wednesday, March 16 @ 11am (free student matinee); Sunday, March 20 @ 2pm & 7:30pm; Wednesday, March 23 @ 11am; Sunday, March 27 @ 2pm; Sunday, April 3 @ 2pm with the Oregon Psychoanalytic Center, Saturday, April 9 @ 7:30pm with Charles McGee, Black Parent Initiative
Additional dates TBD. Please see website for updates.
 
Pre-show Sunday Conversation Series
Speakers and topics TBD. In partnership with the World Affairs Council of Oregon. Please see website for updates.


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