Harvest / The -Ism Project
Written by Dmae Roberts. Performed by Jane Vogel Mantiri
Saturday, May 23; 6pm PST/9pm EST
Free
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Harvest has been rewritten to address the return of exclusion and yellow peril fear amid COVID-19 pandemic fears. The piece details four generations of an Asian American reflects on family history with Oregon’s exclusion laws.
The performance will be followed by a panel.
Linda Tamura, professor emerita of Willamette University and author of “The Hood River Issei” and Dmae Roberts of MediaRites will lead a conversation.
Presented by MediaRites with support from the Regional Arts and Culture Council, the Emily Georges Gottfried Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation (OJCF), The Oregon Cultural Trust and the Collins Foundation, and The Isabella Chappell Award in support of Theatre from the Portland Civic Theatre Guild
This event is part of the VIRTUAL VANPORT MOSAIC FESTIVAL - an online series of memory activism opportunities curated by Story Midwife Laura Lo Forti.
