For its 2021-22 season, the Ithaca-based Cherry Artists’ Collective is harnessing the power of performance to engage communities around urgent issues related to migration, racism, and dispossession. The four productions in The Cherry’s “Migrations” season span different geographical and philosophical perspectives while offering audiences resources to spark public discussion.

In this webcast, Aoise Stratford, director of education for The Cherry Arts, will explore how playwrights and artists represent migration through theater and discuss how the “Migrations” season aims to create a profound, shared learning experience for Ithaca and surrounding communities. In conversation with colleagues André Nascimento and Andy Colpitts, Ms. Stratford will also discuss the role that arts organizations play in broadening critical conversations and action in our local, national, and global communities.

Speakers:
André Nascimento: PhD Student of Spanish in the Department of Romance Studies, Cornell University

Andy Colpitts: PhD Student, Performing and Media Arts, Cornell University

Aoise Stratford: Lecturer, Department of Performing and Media Arts at Cornell University; Director of Education, The Cherry Arts

Moderator:
Eleanor Paynter: Postdoctoral associate, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell