On the 28 of March, my friend/classmate Orela Anani and I went to go see UNIVERSES' The Party People Salon performance. I was excited to see this show since it would be the first time I saw a performance in The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center as a University of Maryland student.
When I first walked into the venue, Kogod Theater, I was shocked it was not what I expected (which was a large auditorium performance hall) it was a small dark room. I thought there was no way a performance could be held in such a small enclosed room. Another added shock value to my surprise was that I was beginning to realize that almost all of the other patrons that were going to view the performance where upper-class middle age white individuals. There were a few UMD students in the mix, however, a vast majority was Middle aged white …show more content…
They were inspired by the Black Panther Party (BPP) and a group called the Young Lords in Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago Young Lords were a former street organization that had gained national attention when they took over a local church in order to provide child care, a breakfast program and other community-oriented programs”(Ed, Palante! A Brief History of the Young Lords)
"The Universes the Party People Salon is a national/international ensemble company of multi-disciplined writers and performers of color, who fuse theater, poetry, dance, jazz, hip-hop, politics, down home blues and Spanish boleros to create moving, challenging and entertaining works for the stage. The group breaks the bounds of traditional theatrical bounds to create its own brand of theatre, inviting old and new generations of theater crafters as well as theater goers and new comers to reshape the face of American theater."(The Clarice,
When I first walked into the venue, Kogod Theater, I was shocked it was not what I expected (which was a large auditorium performance hall) it was a small dark room. I thought there was no way a performance could be held in such a small enclosed room. Another added shock value to my surprise was that I was beginning to realize that almost all of the other patrons that were going to view the performance where upper-class middle age white individuals. There were a few UMD students in the mix, however, a vast majority was Middle aged white …show more content…
They were inspired by the Black Panther Party (BPP) and a group called the Young Lords in Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago Young Lords were a former street organization that had gained national attention when they took over a local church in order to provide child care, a breakfast program and other community-oriented programs”(Ed, Palante! A Brief History of the Young Lords)
"The Universes the Party People Salon is a national/international ensemble company of multi-disciplined writers and performers of color, who fuse theater, poetry, dance, jazz, hip-hop, politics, down home blues and Spanish boleros to create moving, challenging and entertaining works for the stage. The group breaks the bounds of traditional theatrical bounds to create its own brand of theatre, inviting old and new generations of theater crafters as well as theater goers and new comers to reshape the face of American theater."(The Clarice,