<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;text-align:center;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">Explore Black Joy with this work-in-progress performance: </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;text-align:center;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">"if a tree falls." </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;text-align:center;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">How can Black women leverage connection to land in order to find joy and healing?<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>if a tree falls</em><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>is a site-specific theatre work-in-progress performance, created by<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://TheChameleonVillage.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=789e70744e2a0d622c894db8a&id=b0c3d14526&e=24b24517b9" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,108,115);word-break:break-word">the Chameleon Village Theatre Collective</a>, exploring the connection between land, Black Joy, and storytelling. Can Black Joy matter if no one else is around to see it? Using movement based creation techniques, two women explore uninhibited joy while nature watches and supports their journeys. </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;text-align:center;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif">This work features artists Maya Nicholson and Josy Jones! </p><h2 style="margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:25.008px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22px">When:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:20px">September 23-26, 2022 @ 8PM</span></h2><h2 style="margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:25.008px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22px">Where:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:20px">The Mustill Store: 57 W North St, Akron, OH 44304</span></h2><p class="m_5128764001013992036last-child" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;text-align:center;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:22px">Cost:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:20px">FREE</span></strong><span style="font-size:20px"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:17px">(donations welcome, market value $20)</span></em></p><p class="m_5128764001013992036last-child" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;text-align:center;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif"><em><span style="font-size:17px"><br></span></em></p><p class="m_5128764001013992036last-child" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;text-align:center;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif"><em><span style="font-size:17px"><b><a href="http://www.catac-akron.com/ifatreefalls2022">RSVP at www.catac-akron.com/ifatreefalls2022 </a></b></span></em></p></div>