DREAMSCAPE a Hip-Hop production, depicts the death and inner life of a young woman, "Myeisha Mills." The play is a mediation and reimagining of the night of December 28, 1998, when nineteen -year-old Tyisha Miller was short by four Riverside Police Department officers and left uncouncsious bleeding in the car. The play takes a clear-eyes look at the relationship between race, the body, and violence and is structured around an autopsy report recited by a dispassionate coroner. There will be a talkback with the actors and playwright following the performance, which will explore the play, the context in which it was written and need for the arts to play a role in addressing important sociopolitical issues that affect the University of Michigan and the nation. DREAMSCAPE is the recent winner of 4 NAACP Theatre Awards.
| Building: | Michigan League |
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| Event Type: | Performance |
| Tags: | African American, Dance, Social Impact, Social Justice, Theater |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Residential College, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Institute for the Humanities, Rackham Graduate School, Department of History, Department of English Language and Literature |
