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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHundreds of Theater Groups are Coming Together to Protest Trump's Inauguration
The co-founder of The Ghostlight Project explains how the theater community plans to shine a light during a dark administration.The theater has always been a sanctuary for those who need it most. Which makes Donald Trump's tweet on the heels of Mike Pence's booing at the musical Hamilton last November especially ironic.
For once, he got it exactly right. The theater is a safe and special placefor anyone but someone whose political aims portend havoc for our society's most marginalized.
On January 19ththe night before Trump's inauguration, and two months after Pence's booingthe theater community will band together for a show of solidarity in the form of The Ghostlight Project. Named after the light left on on a theater's stage when the auditorium is unoccupied, the protest will gather hundreds of groups outside theaters across the country, from Broadway to community stages, in free-form events designed to express support for vulnerable communities targeted by the Trump administration.
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Hundreds of Theater Groups are Coming Together to Protest Trump's Inauguration (Original Post)
HAB911
Jan 2017
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Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)1. Holy crap, I misread "protest" as "protect"!
This is much better!
HAB911
(8,909 posts)2. LOL, I can understand your suprise! n/t
oasis
(49,395 posts)3. Good to know that many are in solidarity with decent Americans. nt