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 Mirrors In Every Corner - Final Extension through April 4th!Thu, Feb 25 - Sun, Apr 4 | 8pm - 10pm | $25 - $15 (Thursdays are Pay-What-You-Can) "'Mirrors shines with particular brilliance." - Robert Hurwitt,San Francisco Chronicle LocationIntersection for the Arts More Informationwww.theintersection.org
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Hodge's language is poetic and down-to-earth at the same time, funny and eloquent with a lot to chew over. DJ Treat U Nice www.treatunice.com
Mirrors is Hodge's first independent production and tells the story of an African American family in Oakland, spanning the years from 1988 to the present. The play is about identity and starts from the premise" What if one of the children in an African-American family was born white?" Audio Files
Chinaka Hodge talks about Mirrors In Every Corner. LinksChinaka Hodge – Holding the Mirror in Every Corner
Chinaka Hodge is magnetic - at once warm, introspective, and energetic. She joined me on the KPFA Morning Show today to discuss her latest work. This former Youth Speaks poet is now a successful playwright - and she puts herself squarely in the tradition of Ntozake Shange.
The characters' stories in Chinaka Hodge's debut as a playwright, "Mirrors in Every Corner," capture a sense of tragedy lurking near all of us. From Rodney King to Oscar Grant, Loma Pieta to urban removal, one sits on the edge of her seat waiting for the wrecking ball to fall. www.ambroseakinmusire.com
Innovators: Stepping Up
Even as he travels the world, dancer and hip-hopper Marc Bamuthi Joseph has stayed close to his musical roots. Chinaka Hodge performs at Spoken City, October 10th, 2006
Chinaka Hodge performs at Spoken City, October 10th, 2006 Chinaka Hodge Website: FOR GIRLS WITH HIPS. AND ALLIES WITH OR WITHOUT THEM.
Chinaka Hodge's Official Website In The NewsILL-EVENT: MIRRORS IN EVERY CORNER
A moving debut from a bright young playwright, Mirrors might be the best thing you do this month. Go.
How do we talk about race in contemporary America? President Obama addressed the question in his historic campaign speech in March 2008. Others, like 25-year-old poet and playwright Chinaka Hodge, do it with their art. Her provocative play "Mirrors in Every Corner," which opens tonight at Intersection for the Arts, explores what happens to an African American family in Oakland after the mother gives birth to a Caucasian baby.
'Mirrors in Every Corner' at the Intersection for the Arts
San José says the play explores what it means to be black, what a family is and what a neighborhood is, in a way that draws the audience in. "Indictments fall way low on the list of her tactics," he says about Hodge. "I don't know a play I've worked on that has so many question marks in it."
Joseph directs Hodge's first solo full-length script,Mirrors in Every Corner, which examines what happens when an African-American woman gives birth to a Caucasian baby. Gert rude Stein would have been there opening night to see the stellar cast Daveed Diggs (Sidney Bechet?), hear the original score by Ambrose Akinmusire (Erik Satie), and admire Evan Bissell's (Georges Braque) set installation.
ReviewsMirrors In Every Corner Review
Try to ask someone who's ever felt marked by the color (any color) of their skin if they believe in a post-racial society, and see what kind of a response you elicit. That there is no tidy answer to this potentially messy question is a conundrum well-illustrated by playwrite Chinaka Hodge's hypothetical fable of a white-skinned baby born into an African-American family. Big and Beautiful – My Official, Unbiased Review of “Mirrors In Every Corner”
If I was going to sum up Chinaka Hodge's new play "Mirrors In Every Corner" currently playing at Intersection for the Arts in one word, I'd say "ambitious." I mean that in the best sense, in that "Mirrors" is brave and dares to touch on some of the biggest issues in recent (and not so recent) American and Bay Area history: Hurricane Katrina, the war in Iraq, and the Loma Prieta ‘89 earthquake, gentrification of West Oakland...and that's just a sampling. The play is only 80 minutes, but it is BIG. And beautiful.
Mirrors In Every Corner
Mirrors in Every Corner isn't only a highly original play; it's also poetry.
Watching the audience on stage at Intersection for the Arts was a stunning experience. Sometimes theater companies trying to push boundaries and break down walls really do get it right.
Keep your eye on Chinaka Hodge. A noted spoken-word artist, the 25-year-old poet has turned playwright with a remarkable debut. Hodge's "Mirrors in Every Corner," which opened Monday at Intersection for the Arts, is an exciting first play by a writer with a distinctive voice and vision. VideosDaveed Diggs "Wash" Music Video
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