RACE RELAY®
A Multimedia Production about Race Relations
Friday, February 8, 2019, at 7 p.m.
Saturday, February 9, 2019, at 7 p.m.
Sunday, February 10, 2019, at 2 p.m.

ADMISSION:
Admission is free. Reservations required. 

Friday, February 8, at 7 p.m.
USC Students, Staff, and Faculty: RSVP
USC Alumni: RSVP
General Public: RSVP

Saturday, February 9, at 7 p.m.
USC Students, Staff, and Faculty: RSVP
USC Alumni: RSVP
General Public: RSVP

Sunday, February 10, at 2 p.m.
USC Students, Staff, and Faculty: RSVP
USC Alumni: RSVP
General Public: RSVP

DESCRIPTION:
“Speaking out loud our personal stories . . . is a first step toward healing the many divides that alienate We, the Citizenry, from each other. RACE RELAY gives voice to those stories.”—Candace Carnicelli, Common Peace, Center for the Advancement of Nonviolence

Explore the way race shapes our lives and our world with RACE RELAY, an interactive theatrical production. Combining recollections of real personal experiences and projected images from various media, writer-director Denise Hamilton, movement specialist Fred Sugerman, master percussionist Christo Pellani, and a cast of actors will create a dynamic performance based on stories from the USC community. RACE RELAY is a vulnerable, humorous, and real look at one of the defining aspects of our society and our individual lives.

Bios:
Denise Hamilton produces documentaries and programming for NBC and ABC affiliates in New York and Los Angeles. Prior to moving to L.A., she was a stage director and was active in arts administration in New York. She is a member of the Urban Possibilities theatre council, which provides writing workshops for Skid Row residents, and a co-chair of the Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers–West. Her multimedia theatre piece “Parallax: In Honor of Daisy Bates” is published in the anthology Women Heroes: Six Short Plays.

Christo Pellani is a drummer/percussionist, life coach, expressive therapist, and sound healer. (Facebook, Twitter)

Fred Sugerman is a movement artist and facilitator. He is the founder of Medicine Dance, a certified Dance Alive instructor, and a consultant with the Mindful Movement Program for Breast Cancer Survivors funded by the California Breast Cancer Research Program in collaboration with the City of Hope.

Related Events:
RACE RELAY
A Community Dialogue about Race Relations
Friday, February 22, 2019, at 7 p.m.
California African American Museum, Exposition Park
For more info, click here.

RACE RELAY
A Community Dialogue about Race Relations
Saturday, March 2, at 12 p.m.
McClintock Building 108
For more info, click here.

Presented by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative. Organized by Anita Dashiell-Sparks (Dramatic Arts), LaVonna B. Lewis (Public Policy), and Helaine Head (Cinematic Arts). Co-sponsored by the California African American Museum.