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MPower Theater Group Presents UnTamed: Hair, Body, Attitude: Short Plays by Black Women

June 18, 2016

MPOWER THEATER GROUP PROVIDES PLATFORM TO DISCUSS SOCIAL PERCEPTIONS OF BLACK FEMININITY

UNTAMED-HAIR-BODY-ATTITUDE-Short-plays-by-black-womenMilwaukee, WI  – MPower Theater Group, Milwaukee’s social justice community theater group is finishing its 1st season with the powerful theatrical event UnTamed: Hair, Body, Attitude-Short Plays by Black Women in collaboration with The New Black Fest and playwright Dominique Morisseau. This compelling production is directed by Catina Cole, local theater activist, at the The Underground Collaborative, 161 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Lower Level, in Milwaukee, WI, July 16, 2016 at 7:00pm.

UnTamed: Hair, Body, Attitude  was a response by The New Black Fest in collaboration with playwright Dominique Morisseau commissioned five Black women playwrights to dig deeper and participate in the national conversation around Black womanhood and social perceptions of black femininity, providing black women a creative platform to personalize these issues. Untamed: Hair Body Attitude will feature short plays by Jocelyn Bioh, Chisa Hutchinson, Lenelle Moïse, Nikkole Salter, & Cori Thomas.

“We are seeing the country shift from complacency to action around issues of black lives mattering, and a crucial part of that conversation is black women’s lives. Black womanhood has often been marginalized through perceptions of our Hair, Body and Attitude, and if anything is going to shift in our nation, we have to engage our artists in deconstructing these social prisons. So welcome to the dialogue and get ready to be a participant, because this is beyond a performance or a short play festival, this is the continuation of a movement.” – Dominique Morisseau – playwright.

MPower Theater Group is an acting troupe dedicated to empowering survivors and offering opportunities for underrepresented artists, while creating and reenacting theater with a social focus on activism, advocacy, ally development and awareness.

Tickets are $15 online and can be purchased at www.eventbrite.com or calling Mpower at 414-810-7697.

UnTamed: Hair, Body, Attitude features Kiana Burnley-Perry, Miranda Farley, Destinny Fletcher, Marisa Hernandez-DeWindt, Jocelynn Hosea-Davis, Eva Juniel, Jendora Kelley, Kimberly Marie Ousley, Karthik Palaniappan, Moe Pull, Mia Rudolph-Schulta, La Soule, Angela Nicole Walker, Ryan Webster, Pansy Williams, and Jay Winters.

PRESS / OPENING NIGHT:
Saturday, July 16, 2016, 7:00 p.m. with Post-Show Talkback (Passes available for press)

TICKETS: Advanced tickets: $15 and $18 at the door. http://www.eventbrite.com/e/un-tamed-hair-body-attitude-short-plays-by-black-women-wtalkback-tickets-25767350840

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