| Friday Jun 24, 2016 6:00 PM - Saturday Jun 25, 2016 7:30 PM | $15.00 - $23.00 |
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My True Colors Festival Theater--2016 NYC Pride Event
My True Colors Festival: Fighting for Social Justice and Cultural Diversity Through the Arts is back with its 2016 lineup of artistic works for and by LGBTQIA+ storytellers and people of color. Now in its second year, MTCF is an Official NYC Pride Partner (Heritage Pride Inc.) and multidisciplinary arts events that will be held June 10-26, 2016, in Brooklyn, New York, primarily at the Wythe Hotel Screening Room, with live performances and select events at other venues. MTCF will kick off on June 10 with a festival buzz party in celebration of Brooklyn Pride to be held in the rotunda at Brooklyn Borough Hall, co-hosted by GMAD (Gay Men of African Decent). This year's festival is comprised of some 35 plays, live performances, narrative feature films, documentaries, shorts, webisodes and special presentations that span across the country and around the globe from artists representing 10 U.S. cities, 15 countries and 20+ nationalities. Returning to the main stage is a special performance of B-Boy Blues The Play, a theatrical adaptation of James Earl Hardys bestselling novela gay hip hop love story that unfolds when a middle class Ivy League journalist meets a working class bike messenger. Living and writing as a gay black man, Hardy will be on hand in honor of NCY Pride for a talkback discussing 20 years since his book debuted. Other staged plays include Brother Sou by Victor Vauban Junior is a heartfelt story of brotherly love, loss, hope, and gender identity. Un-Story by Melissa Pfeiffer-Lampl is a drama about a writer who must adjusts to her partners ftm transition and her own trauma-induced mental breakdown.
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LocationIrondale Center (View)
85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
United States
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| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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