Downtown Dialogues is a live video podcast that takes a behind-the-scenes look at different plays and their themes produced by Theatrical Outfit - Atlanta's Downtown Theatre.
Music Credit: Christopher Lane (from the score of FLEX)
About SHE GOT GAME: True Colors and Theatrical Outfit came together for an in-depth conversion about gender equality in sports and what it takes to bring sports to the stage. Led by Addae Moon (Associate Artistic Director of Theatrical Outfit), this panel will featured various artists and scholars on this topic. It also included performances by Hailey Elizabeth & LaNiyah S.K. Grovell. This one night only event is sure to have you thinking deeper about the successes and inequities women face on and off the court.
About FLEX: A powerful world premiere about swagger, determination and sticking together. It’s 1997 and the WNBA is changing the game. Every player on Plainnole’s Lady Train basketball team now dreams of going pro — but first, they’ll have to navigate the pressures of being young, Black, and female in rural Arkansas. Candrice Jones’s adrenaline packed play about a high school basketball team explores the fierce strength of young Black women in the South and what it means to be part of a team.
