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Sacred Fools Theater Company is presenting the next installment of its ongoing theatre action We The People on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, with all proceeds going to the organization Peace Over Violence.

We The People is a bi-monthly, curated series of new works theatrically exploring – sometimes loudly, sometimes quietly, and everything in between – the concerns facing our country and world today.

Every other month, artists  receive a prompt and a deadline. The short pieces are thencurated into a night of theatre. The prompt for this upcoming evening of We The People is “Blessings of Liberty.”

January’s installment of We The People features premiere works written by Neil LaBute, Crystal Keith, Joe Jordan, Emily Fisher, Gregory Sims, Mildred Inez Lewis, Joe and Joshua, Carene Rose Mekertichyan, Michael Robinson, Lynda LaRose, Giovanni Ortega, Richard Soto, Jen Huszcza, Ian Patrick Williams, Tim Kopacz, and John Wuchte.

The readings will be directed by Kimberly Atkinson and Amir Levi and performed by Siaka Massaquoi, Eddie Goines, Brittney S. Wheeler, Gregory Sims, Joe and Joshua, Ian Patrick Williams, Pia Shah, Adriana Colon, John Wuchte, Jacob Sidney, Kristyn Evelyn, Lynn Adriana, Corey Klemow, Tyee Tilghman, Peter Pasco, Alexa Briana Crismon, Alexandra DeMaio, Aaron Mendelson and more.

About Peace Over Violence

Peace Over Violence is multicultural, community based and volunteer centered nonprofit organization dedicated to building healthy relationships, families and communities free from sexual, domestic and interpersonal violence.

For more on Peace Over Violence please visit peaceoverviolence.org

About We The People

In the months that followed the 2016 election, producers and creators of We The People, Kimberly Atkinson and Amir Levi, recognized an opportunity to meld art and activism.

“We both feel in a deep way that the community needs a place to artistically express their fear, their hope, their anger, and their ideas in the wake of so much political and social turmoil and we want their work to live past its single performance,” explains Atkinson.

We knew it had to be artistic activism that would raise awareness and connect people with other organizations that were making a difference,” adds Levi.

We The People is always looking for new material and new participants. Submissions are open to the public and all are encouraged to contact the producers to find out how to participate. For more information, visit www.sacredfools.org and click on WE THE PEOPLE.