BEE-LUTHER-HATCHEE and PERMANENT COLLECTION: presented by the Center for New Plays

The Brand New National Center for New Plays at Stanford Presents:

Kicking off its first season, staged readings and discussions of two

powerful, intensely provocative plays about race. These works rank among the most widely produced non-Broadway plays of the last five years. Both are written by Philadelphia playwright Thomas Gibbons, and neither has been seen in the Bay Area. Both events are FREE of charge.

Feb. 2: BEE-LUTHER-HATCHEE

The awarding of a prestigious literary prize for a memoir written by an

elderly black woman leads to an explosive confrontation between the young black woman who edited the book, and the middle aged white man who claims to have written it. Running time: 1 hour.

• DISCUSSION to follow, featuring the director and star of the

world premiere production at InterAct Theatre in Philadelphia.

Moderated by Professors Hazel Markus & Claude Steele, Stanford Department of Psychology.

Feb. 3: PERMANENT COLLECTION

This one-hour condensation shows what happens when a newly hired black museum director goes against the museum founder's will - which prohibits changes of any kind - and tries to move eight African objects from the basement for display in the main gallery of a predominantly white art collection.

• DISCUSSION to follow, featuring the director and stars of the world

premiere production at InterAct Theatre in Philadelphia.

Moderated by Professor Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz, Stanford Department of Art and Art History.

Time: 5 - 7 PM

Place: Annenberg Auditorium in the Cummings Art Building

Admission: FREE

Only 350 people will be admitted. No reserved seats.

These events are produced with the support of the Center for

History and the Committee on Black Performing Arts.