*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 <https://sjuvgy5ab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001opFtgyP9TkRbb2FwYB9U0O0_9kobu530sUtM2K2K220wiTlAn5lFbd3arAY2V4L2pI5jlz5u2hVA4XUv5AP9mQa8CepCILBuE8YRJ36-nwPafMujrLxNGFm65li4pQtkpLZujnuMrS0hsk2ZGo3yaRsVbSHDMdmozpQrnyJ0J5ldq7x8ZCQHDUtqRcFyxMPTXuG2C8cjDHSjY4k_qunmjsyAEExFZ_fpUWnQaMNT5V4=&c=SeZ3VIdUz8VZg4dhysmO7jJisiawblbXv_0QKFUkg7fwSKk75IBKAQ==&ch=qCXk0897uPKEk2tQA7PnGM962dRnGR6fTSs3dcy7yaywUaOCl-pGDQ==> The Audio Gallery Series is made possible through generous grants from the Ohio Arts Council and the Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation. -- Margaret Reardon | she/her Development Coordinator Radio on the Lake Theatre (216) 802 8595 radioonthelaketheatre.org <https://www.radioonthelaketheatre.org/>