The Real Work, EP 1: A Kind of Origin Story

We Rise

How did The Real Work come to be? What were the conditions that set the stage (pun intended) for theater workers to come together to study & practice transformative justice? Let's find out...
Episode transcript: bit.ly/TheRealWork-EP1
Sogorea Te’ Land Trust: sogoreate-landtrust.org
Save the West Berkeley Shellmound: shellmound.org
Anti Police-Terror Project: www.AntiPoliceTerrorProject.org
The Village in Oakland #feedthepeople @villageoakland: www.facebook.com/TheVillageInOakland
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment: www.ACCEAction.org
East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative: ebprec.org
Washington Post, “Chicago theaters said ‘Not in Our House’ to sexual abuse and harassment”: ​​www.WashingtonPost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/chicago-theaters-say-not-in-our-house-to-sexual-abuse/2017/12/14/e2db9c30-e014-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html
Howlround, “What Playwrights Can Learn from Intimacy Directors: A Conversation with Gaby Labotka“: HowlRound.com/what-playwrights-can-learn-intimacy-directors
Coalition of Black Women Professional Theatre Makers in the Bay Area, California: BlackWomenBayAreaTheatre.wordpress.com/
The New York Times, “Long Wharf Theater Leader is Accused of Sexual Harassment”: www.nytimes.com/2018/01/22/theater/gordon-edelstein-long-wharf-theater-sexual-misconduct.html
Kim Tran: www.KimTranPHD.com
Kyra Jones: www.KyraJones.me
Adrienne Skye Roberts: TherapyWithAdrienneSkye.com
Resources for Addressing Sexual Harassment & Violence (compiled for It’s Time: Bay Area Town Hall on Sexual Harassment in Our Theatre Community): www.TheatreBayArea.org/general/custom.asp?page=itstimeresources
Mia Mingus: www.soiltjp.org & LeavingEvidence.wordpress.com
Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective: batjc.wordpress.com
For additional resources, including this episode’s ASL video: WeRiseProduction.com/TheRealWork
zAnda of DiaspoRADiCAL: @diaspo.radical on Instagram & soundcloud.com/diasporadical
Connect with us at [e-mail], and follow us on Facebook & Instagram at @WeRiseProduction, & on Twitter at @WeRiseProducers.
This project is supported by an Investing in Artists Grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation & the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program, and was incubated with initial support from Cal Shakes.