This live virtual performance will include free meal distribution for residents of New Brunswick. Meal registration is now closed.
This performance will be streamed live on Facebook @colabarts on Saturday, January 30 at 5pm.
Neilson Street Project, written and directed by LaChrisha C. Brown and David Seamon, is a virtual play with music featuring the oral histories of guests at Elijah’s Promise’s Neilson Street community kitchen, representing New Brunswick's most vulnerable community members. The performance includes an ensemble of actors taking on these stories, featuring LaChrisha C. Brown, Meridith Crosley, DiShawn Gandy, David King, and Chris Sanders.
A post-show discussion about the experiences shared in the play will be moderated by Dr. Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan, Coordinator of Public History for Rutgers University-New Brunswick’s Department of History, and author of Vagrants and Vagabonds: Poverty and Mobility in the Early American Republic.
Free Meal Registration (Only open to residents of New Brunswick) - Meals will be delivered to your door in the afternoon on Saturday, January 30, prior to the virtual performance. Meal registration is now closed.
Esta presentación virtual en vivo incluirá distribución de comida gratuita para los residentes de New Brunswick. El registro de comidas ya está cerrado.
Esta presentación se transmitirá en vivo por Facebook @colabarts el sábado 30 de enero a las 5 pm.
Neilson Street Project, escrito y dirigido por LaChrisha C. Brown y David Seamon, es una obra de teatro virtual con música que presenta las historias orales de los invitados de la cocina comunitaria de Elijah’s Promise en Neilson Street, que representa a los miembros más vulnerables de la comunidad de New Brunswick. La actuación incluye un conjunto de actores que interpretan estas historias. El conjunto incluye a LaChrisha C. Brown, Meridith Crosley, DiShawn Gandy, David King y Chris Sanders.
Antes de la presentación tendremos una discusión sobre las experiencias relatadas por la obra que será moderada por la Dra. Kristin O'Brassill-Kulfan, Coordinadora de Historia Pública del Departamento de Historia de la Universidad de Rutgers-New Brunswick, y autora de Vagrants and Vagabonds: Poverty and Mobility in the Early American Republic.