Changing the narrative about Blackness on the stage : News Center
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 14, 2023
February 14, 2023
Manita Opoku '26 backstage in the Sloan Performing Arts Center during a dress rehearsal for the International Theatre Program’s production of The Crucible by Arthur Miller.
(University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster)
By partnering with Black actors and artists, the International Theatre Program’s recent productions help give new dimension to marginalized characters.
Like many dramatizations based on real-life events, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible blurs the line between fact and fiction. The award-winning play presents a fictionalized account of colonial . . .
