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Stage Talk with Bari Newport & Claudia Rankine

Premier Guide Miami

A Virtual Afternoon with 
Claudia Rankine
In conversation with 
Bari Newport
Producing Artistic Director at GableStage

WHEN: Sunday, February 20, 1PM ET
LIVE on Crowdcast
The White Card stages a conversation that is both informed and derailed by the black/white American drama. The scenes in this one-act play, for all the characters’ disagreements, stalemates, and seeming impasses, explore what happens if one is willing to stay in the room when it is painful to bear the pressure to listen and the obligation to respond. —Claudia Rankine
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HAPPENING AT THE GABLESTAGE
The White Card will be playing
February 27 – March 27

GableStage proudly presents the Florida premiere of award-winning poet/playwright, Claudia Rankine’s The White Card from February 25 – March 27. As Rankine’s first published play, The White Card is hailed as “a bracing experience that leaves [audiences] with plenty to think about” by the Boston Globe, The White Card poses the essential question: Can American society progress if whiteness remains invisible?

Composed of two scenes, The White Card explores identity, belonging and the racism that can go unnoticed by those who don’t suffer under its weight. Rankine’s first act captures the action at a dinner party; her second is devoted to an open dialogue with the audience. 
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About the Author:
CLAUDIA RANKINE is the author of five books of poetry, including Citizen: An American Lyric and Don’t Let Me Be Lonely; three plays including HELP, which premiered in March 2020 (The Shed, NYC), and The White Card, which premiered in February 2018 (ArtsEmerson/ American Repertory Theater) and was published by Graywolf Press in 2019; as well as numerous video collaborations. Read more…
About the Moderator:
BARI NEWPORT joined GableStage as producing artistic director in April 2021. She came to Miami from the Penobscot Theatre Company in Bangor, Maine, where she served as artistic director for nine seasons. Previously, she was artistic associate at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, artistic associate/literary manager at the Pasadena Playhouse, associate producer at Horizon Theatre and associate director of Florida Repertory Theatre. Read more..

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