A moment-to-moment account of how the Robey Theater Company addressed the COVID-19 pandemic with a live theatrical production called A Heated Discussion inspired by the assassination of George Floyd.
We get to take a moment by moment look at how The Robey Theatre Company navigated the COVID-19 pandemic with a live theatrical production titled A Heated Discussion inspired by George Floyd's murder. The Robey Theatre Company was formed after the rise of Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple. From the provocative history of artist and activist Paul Robeson, Ben Guillory and Danny Glover knew this was the right namesake for the company to tell bold Black diasporic stories. Watch this theatrical exploration of this theater company's rich history.—Jermaine Alexander