[NEohioPAL] Destination Freedom: An Evening of African American Radio Plays

[Margaret Reardon]

*Our Audio Gallery Series at Negative Space officially kicks off on
September 11 at 7:30 pm *at the beautiful Negative Space Gallery, located
at 3820 Superior Avenue, 2nd Floor of the Asian Town Center building in
Midtown Cleveland.

Our first event celebrates the work of radio play pioneer Richard Durham.


*Destination Freedom: An Evening of African American Radio Plays*


Between 1948 and 1950, a radio series called Destination Freedom aired on
WMAQ, a local Chicago NBC station. Richard Durham created Destination
Freedom in an attempt to profile significant African American historical
figures and their contributions to American democracy and freedom. Durham
was a journalist, poet, dramatist, labor organizer, and one-time Communist
Party member, who began his career as part of the Writer’s Project of the
WPA and later worked as a writer for The Chicago Defender. In an era when
African Americans were increasingly visible in the arts, though not always
in positive roles, Durham’s scripts attempted to reclaim a triumphant
narrative of their history. The plays will be followed by a discussion of
the life and work of Richard Durham. Destination Freedom: An Evening of
African American Radio Plays will be directed by Darelle Hill, and the cast
includes Debrail Erskine, Keisha Jackson, Marta Jones, Janella Leach and
Corin Self. Ygal Kaufman will serve as the Sound Effects Artist. The
Executive Producer of the Audio Gallery Series is John Watts.


Harry Boomer will moderate the post performance discussion.


Tickets are now on sale through Eventbrite
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The Audio Gallery Series is made possible through generous grants from the
Ohio Arts Council and the Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation.


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Margaret Reardon | she/her

Development Coordinator

Radio on the Lake Theatre

(216) 802 8595

radioonthelaketheatre.org <https://www.radioonthelaketheatre.org/>
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