As we begin our commitment to fostering an anti-racist ethos at the FAC Theatre Company, we want to hear from you, our local theatre-makers. We hope you’ll join us for a candid conversation with Producing Artistic Director, Pirronne Yousefzadeh, about the challenges of the past and present, and the steps we can take together to […]
A new comedy from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage (Intimate Apparel) draws on the screwball films of the 1930s to take a funny and irreverent look at racial stereotypes in Hollywood. By the Way, Meet Vera Stark is a seventy-year journey through the life of Vera Stark, a headstrong Black maid and budding actress, and her tangled […]
Join us for a FREE talkback session following the final Sunday performance of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark.
FAC Members are invited to join curatorial paraprofessional, Savanah Pennell, for a tour of Diago: The Pasts of this Afro-Cuban Present, the first retrospective exhibition of prominent Cuban artist Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971). This tour will explore Diago’s experience with race and identity across his career, and dive into how this can be seen though his choices […]
Drawing from the FAC’s collection, a class of 9 CC students has organized an exhibition of the renowned Birds of America prints by John James Audubon. Join the student curators of the exhibition Rethinking Birds of America: Conversations on Audubon for an in-gallery discussion of the prints, the birds, the artist, and the show. Free and […]
Please join us for a roundtable conversation with Juan Roberto Diago (joining remotely), Alejandro de la Fuente, Director of the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at Harvard University, and Andrea Herrera, Professor of Literature and Women's and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Free and open to the public. Please RSVP Cornerstone Arts […]
ONE NIGHT ONLY! Friday, May 6 following that evening's theatre performance Drag show starts 10 p.m. House opens 9:45 p.m. Grab a drink before the show in Deco Lounge (opens 9 p.m.) The show goes on! The drag show that is. Following the May 6 performance of The Legend of Georgia McBride, join us for […]
He’s young, he’s late with the rent, and he just found out that he’s going to be a dad. And when his boss at a small-town Florida dive bar axes his Elvis act, replacing it with a flashy drag show, Casey decides to step out of the blue suede shoes of his comfort zone and […]
