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What is the best way to go about education during a global pandemic? How do we even talk about it outside of facts and recommendations? How do we really discuss it without delving deeply into fear or swinging too far into willful blindness? As a company led by two mothers of school-aged children, contending with …
2020 has brought a great deal of sudden, immense change. There is the feeling of a massive paradigm shift as we challenge the way the world has operated and what we have prioritized up until now. This kind of tidal change is unstoppable and innately incites growth. It demands that we keep up. It is …
We are living in a time of tremendous energy and vital action. We are emboldened by the Black Lives Matter movement and though much of the world pushes to resume life as it was before the pandemic, we must remain vigilant in our desire for social justice and to prioritize human safety and dignity. Endurance …
This time of social distancing has asked us to live so outside of the well-worn grooves of “normal life” that it has transformed our expectations of what can and cannot be done. Please click here to view our Social Distancing Care Package for week fifteen.
Revolution Many of us across the globe are in the midst of confronting, challenging, tearing down and re-imagining the oppressive systems that have allowed racism to thrive. It is painful, overwhelming, immediate and vital. Many are listening and change is happening. Please click here to view our Social Distancing Care Package for week thirteen.
If your feminism doesn’t address and aim to dismantle anti-Black racism, it isn’t feminism. Nightwood Theatre unequivocally condemns the systemic racism and persistent threats to Black and Indigenous lives, and adds our voices toward seeking urgent justice. Folks in the community have rightly asked what theatre companies are doing to address anti-Black racism within their …
A Message to Artists from Nightwood’s Artistic Director We held a gathering last week for all of the artists associated with this past season’s productions – it ended up being about a twenty person Zoom-gathering with friends from our casts, creative and production departments. And we just checked in one by one. Some of us …
We held a gathering last week for all of the artists associated with this past season’s productions – it ended up being about a twenty-person Zoom-gathering with friends from our casts, creative and production departments. And we just checked in one by one. Some of us knew each other, some people were meeting for the …
Time Alone Solitude can be so sweet. A salve from the bustle and crowds. A safe zone. But solitude during these past ten weeks of social distancing can prove much more challenging than expected. If you live alone during this time please know we have deep respect and understanding of how challenging that can be. …
What if We Don’t Look Back? This disruption to life as we knew it is bringing up so many questions around what we want “normal life” to look like. With this pause we have a moment to question hustle culture, how we care for our elderly, how we engage with capitalism, how we treat animals …
