SPRING & SUMMER 2021
2 ONLINE SHOWS
Eco-Justice, Environmental Safety & Climate Change
STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY
We are horrified by the wave of violence against Asians and Asian Americans.
Ko stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter; with Black, Indigenous, and POC artists, and colleagues; and with the movement-building cultural organizations, collectives, and individuals that have invested decades and generations in the struggle to undo systemic racism. We grieve with and for the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the many others brutally murdered at the hands of the state and of white civilians.
We call on our larger community to listen and respond to the national and local leadership of these and other frontline organizers who are, as ever, leading us in this moment with grace and integrity. Please help leverage and distribute resources to support their labor and amplify their vision, as you’re able.
2020 PERFORMANCE
THE MAGIC CITY MASSACRE • Streaming online June 19, 2020 at 7:30 EST
selections of the play by DELETTA GILLESPIE
Post-show discussion will follow and include DARYL DAVIS, noted for his work convincing Klansmen to leave and denounce the KKK.
Situated in the fictional Museum of Conveniently Forgotten History, “The Magic City Massacre” tells the story of one of the most prosperous black communities in the history of the United States, how Tulsa came to be the site of the worst incidence of civil unrest second only to the Civil War, and why almost one-hundred years later, most Americans still don’t know about it. Your exhibit guide is JUSTICE, a docent....
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2021 Spring & Summer
WORKSHOPS
for adults
TRANSFORMING YOUR WRITING BY RESTING YOUR MIND
A meditation and writing workshop with JUANITA ROCKWELL
MAY 15-16 & OR JULY 10-11.
Whether we write for our own pleasure or for others, to be read on the page or to be spoken aloud, we want our writing to reflect our experience of the world. But our habitual thinking and the ways we tell these stories become a kind of spell of doing, of busy-ness; a spell that binds us, separates us from others, and limits our authentic expression. If we release this imprint of Doing, what might happen if we can rest in the stillness, silence and spaciousness of our Being? In this two-day, small group workshop, you will learn practices that will ...Read More
TRANSFORMING YOUR WRITING BY CLEARING YOUR MIND (level 2)
A meditation and writing workshop with JUANITA ROCKWELL
JULY 17-18
A spacious and lively restfulness can be more elusive than we might think. In this workshop we will explore practices that work with breath and body to refresh and clear obstacles of aversion, attachment and confusion. These energetic practices can facilitate a more open and aware resting of your mind in stillness, silence and spaciousness. They can also stimulate memory, imagery and imagination that can enrich our writing and our lives. The first day of this small group workshop focuses on ...Read More
KEEP KO STRONG
FUNDERS
The Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
The 2020 NET/TEN Mini-Grant program of the Network of Ensemble Theaters
The Amherst and Pelham Cultural Councils, local agencies supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Art Angels
The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
In addition, for seasons when we are able to gather in person, we are most grateful to the AMHERST COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF THEATER AND DANCE, for access to their lovely theater and studios.
KO Theater Works is proud to be a member of
THE NETWORK OF ENSEMBLE THEATRES:
Artists Creating Theatre. Artists Creating a Community. Artists Creating a Movement.
LET’S GET SOCIAL