Intra-Communal Gun Violence
Gun violence has a stronghold on our communities and we are designing solutions for claiming our communities as places of peace.
Violence
Violence is an inward experience before it is ever an external one. It is not just pulling a trigger. Shooters have violence within that we must achnowledge and address.
PRESEVING HISTORY
Our plays focus on American history and preserving the history of African Americans.
ACCURATE REPRESENTATION & changing the role of media
Media has the power to impact our behavior. Knowing this, we use images to transform our understanding of ourselves and impact the transformation of our community.
RESTORING THEATER & the performer
In Ancient African societies theater played a vital social role. We elevate the performing artist in our company and seek to reestablish African-centered values in our work.
UNDERSTANDING LIVED HISTORIES
In examining the past, our goal is to understand the historical roots of today’s issues so that we can use theater to address those lived histories.
HISTORY
Our plays will educate our audiences on American history from an African American perspective.STORIES THAT EDUCATE & ENTERTAIN
Media is powerful. It influences both our behaviour as a society and how we relate to one another within the African American community. Our stories educate and interrogate without compromising entertainment.
Psychological Violence
Psychological violence — words, ill-treatment, disregarding one’s humanity, racial hatred, gender hatred, social isolation, exclusion, being treated differently or as less than, being unloved, being unwanted, are ask violence.
african traditions
We look to the original purpose of theater as it was on the African continent. We trace the roots of theater to the Pyramid Texts, the Abydos Passion Plays and we study the ancient theater traditions from Mali to South Africa to understand the role of theater as it was originally intended.
Our educational system is fearful of exploring the history of slavery stemming from the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. The acceptance, acknowledgement, analysis and understanding of this history is a precondition for the healing, formation and longevity of the African American community. At Run On Productions, we do this work in the theater.
