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HARLEM & MOSCOW

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - LENFEST CENTER FOR THE ARTS
DIRECTOR: WES GOODRICH
LIGHTING DESIGN: SHANE HENNESSY
COSTUME DESIGN: CAMILLE ETIENNE
SCENIC DESIGN: SAM CASEY
SOUND DESIGN: JUSTIN SLOAN
PROJECTION DESIGN: DAHVEED WILKINS
MASK DESIGN: DEANA BIAGI

HARLEM & MOSCOW (A SOVIET FILM ON NEGRO LIFE IN AMERICA AS TOLD BY LANGSTON HUGHES AND OTHERS) BY ALLE MIMS IS A PLAY THAT FOLLOWS A 31 YEAR OLD LANGSTON HUGHES AS HE RECOUNTS THE MEMORY OF A TRIP TO SOVIET RUSSIA WITH SEVERAL OTHER BLACK AMERICANS TO MAKE A FILM ABOUT BLACK LIFE IN AMERICA. THE PLAY DEALS WITH ISSUES OF IDENTITY, BEING A MODEL MINORITY, AND WHAT PEOPLE WILL DO TO USE YOU WHEN THEY THINK THEY HAVE THE CHANCE, EVEN AS IT IS MASKED AS DOING A GOOD THING.

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