The Why: Philly Explained

Making art in a time of crisis and protest


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The performing arts is one of many industries rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic and trying to find its way through economic uncertainty and glitchy Zoom calls. Then, America was rocked again by the unrest that followed the police killing of George Floyd. James Ijames, actor, writer, director and professor of theater at Villanova University, explains how his theater community is adapting to new ways of making art and responding to the nationwide reckoning over racial inequality.

 

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