DNAWORKS

Read it now! June DNAWORKS Digest:
Radical Joy, Accessibility, Community 🧡https://preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webview/1112321/190011326445127185
Seema Sueko Morgan Overton Art NoName Gallery ArtsEmerson Daniel Banks Alvon Reed KwesiJohnson Ken Norris Think Outside the Vox GetBraille.com


📷 Photo Credit: IG

Deep gratitude to the VOX team! Partnering with this incredible, representative cohort of Black, Brown, and Q***r access providers for our ASL-interpreted and Audio Described performances was an absolute honor. Together, we worked to ensure the World Premiere of THE SECRET SHARER at ArtsEmerson was truly welcoming to all. Thank you, VOX, for your profound care and for proving that accessibility is beautifully woven into how we gather and heal. We value your vital work! Head over to Think Outside the Vox and https://thinkoutsidethevox.org/ to learn more about their mission and see the full team of experts who delivered for this show!

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ID1: A large group photo of access team and VOX representatives smiling on the stage with a small piece of the blue painted curtain behind them. From left to right: Low-Vision Quality Control Expert Mikey Rose, a Black person just under five feet tall with short dark brown hair in braids and brown eyes who is low-vision wears a green shirt, beige jacket, light blue jeans and white sneaker holding their cane. ASL Interpreter .robinson.927899, an African-American man with black hair, medium locs, and a beard wears purple glasses, a gray beanie, a t-shirt with a question mark, a brown vest, dark pants and sneakers with a hand around Mikey’s shoulder. ASL Interpreter Eli Onyeabor, a tall Black person with braided locs wears dark glasses, a black sweatshirt, jeans and converse with a hand around Christopher’s shoulder. Director of Artistic Sign Language .knightshaw, a Deaf Indigenous woman with short brown curly hair wears a red t-shirt with a rainbow painted "I love you" handshape, jeans, and gray sneakers with arms at her sides. VOX representative .johnson.216096, a Deaf white woman with short brown hair wears light framed glasses and all black with arms around Eli and Dave. Audio Describer Dave Heard, a tall, broad-shouldered African American with a freshly shaven bald head and mustache wears a black shirt, gray sweatpants and blue crocs with an arm around Ingrid. VOX representative .odell.3, a tall white woman with long ginger hair, blue eyes and freckles wears sunglasses on her head, a purple sweater jacket and black pants with a hand in pocket.

ID2: A moment from THE SECRET SHARER featuring performers KwesiJohnson (left) and Alvon Reed (right) onstage beneath warm, amber theatrical lighting. Alvon Reed, a Black man standing atop a wooden chest, reaches upward with his left hand toward a suspended net filled with glowing lightbulbs and green spherical floats. His right hand rests atop Kwesi's head. He wears light linen pants and a blue linen button-up shirt, his body extended in a gesture of searching or ascent. Kwesi Johnson, a Black man standing beside the chest on the stage floor, gently touches Alvon’s arm in a grounding, supportive gesture. He wears light linen pants and a blue linen button-up shirt, looking forward. Behind them hangs a textured brown curtain, and the lighting highlights the netting and their bodies, creating an intimate atmosphere.

Boston welcomes two shows about men at sea on the same day. Their directors found even more common ground. - The Boston Globe Directors Jeremy Johnson and Daniel Banks chatted about their work on two seafaring sagas. Both SpeakEasy Stage's "Swept Away" and DNAWORKS' "The Secret Sharer" open in Boston on April 24.