Harvard Black Community & Student Theater is not only about providing space for Black creatives but also reclaiming and preserving Black cultural traditions.
Theater is art. Theater is healing.
Theater is community.
And community rarely ever requires silence.
"Call and response" is at the heart of
Black performance.
One party calls out and the other responds.
In this theater, we call out to you and invite you to
laugh, cry, and even exclaim an
"I know that's right!" when you feel most moved.
Please keep in mind that while we are all free to engage with one another, the actors will need the space to share the story we all came to hear.
Our one ask, is that we all enter this space as our
fullest selves without restriction.
Open to experiencing this moment in time as a collective and refusing the notion that life should be lived alone.
Let go, exhale, and enjoy the show.
Thank you to Black women theater-makers like Domonique Morriseau and
Erika Dickerson-Despenza for inspiring me to reject white supremacist norms and set new precedents for how audiences should engage with my work.
-Kristian Hardy
