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LexPride: Our Heroes and Impacts

October 20, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

- Free
 On Thursday, October 20th
LexPride invites you to a FREE online Playback Theatre show with True Story Theater to honor and celebrate our LGBTQIA+ history.
  • All LGBTQIA+ community, family, friends and allies ages 12-100+ are welcome.
  • No charge, thanks to our sponsors!
  • Please be sure to REGISTER in advance to receive the Zoom link.

The LGBTQIA+ community has a long rich history in the world, in the United States, and in our local communities. What better way to celebrate Pride month than to honor the people, individually and collectively, who have worked to make life better for us?

We are honored to bring you this free online event in which YOU can share your own stories, and the stories of people and events you have witnessed. If you volunteer to speak, you’ll have a brief conversation with the True Story emcee, and then four actors and a musician will reflect back the essence of your story using movement, music, dialogue and song.

Your stories can reflect any aspect of our local LGBTQIA+ history:

    • Did you encounter bias or discrimination — and do something about it?
    • Were you a part of the first school GSAs established in our community?
    • Were you part of a local LGBTQIA+ social or family group in the 1900s or early 2000s?
    • Were you part of the first local gay/lesbian weddings?
    • Were you among the first openly LGBTQIA+ people to be elected to office?
    • Were you involved in the controversy about the school diversity bag—the case that went all the way to the Supreme Court?
    • Were you part of the #YesOn3 campaign to preserve civil rights for transgender people in public accommodations?
    • Did you participate in or witness the formation of LexPride and its early programming?

Come to share these and other stories—or come watch and celebrate important moments in our local LGBTIA+ history. After each enactment, the person who shared is invited to comment on whether seeing their story reflected feels true to their experience. This will be an event filled with creativity, warmth and insight as the actors strive to capture the heart of the stories we share with respect, empathy and creativity.

Following this event, Lexington Historical Society will help us begin collecting oral histories, photos, and other materials to document our history!

LexPride has enjoyed True Story Theater performances on many themes. At these shows, participants and witnesses often laugh, cry, feel connected to each other, and get fresh insights about their lives and community.

Sponsored by LexPride, Lexington Historical Society, Lexington Senior Services, Arlington Council on Aging, Arlington LGBTQIA+ Rainbow Commission. Supported by a grant from the Dana Home Foundation. Thank you to all our sponsors.

Details

Date:
October 20, 2022
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost:
Free
Website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lexpride-our-heroes-and-impacts-tickets-423847197377

Organizer

True Story Theater

Venue

Zoom video
MA United States + Google Map

Details

Date:
October 20, 2022
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost:
Free
Website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lexpride-our-heroes-and-impacts-tickets-423847197377

Organizer

True Story Theater

Venue

Zoom video
MA United States + Google Map

What happens in a True Story Theater performance?  Our events bring together the delight of improvisation with the riveting vulnerability of people sharing their personal truth.

The show’s emcee (called “the conductor”) facilitates brief, spontaneous conversations with volunteers from the audience who share their own feelings and experiences related to the show’s theme.  After each conversation, the actors and musician immediately embody the key feelings and actions they heard, using movement, music, dialogue, and superb listening. All of it is improvised on the spot. During the course of a 75 minute show, True Story enacts about 6-8 stories.

From this simple interaction, audience members laugh, cry, get insights about their lives, and feel an expanded sense of community. You can share a moment from your life and see it performed, or just come to watch.

What are True Story Theater’s classes like?  We will teach you the basic of Playback Theatre, which can hone your listening skills for everyday life.  All are welcome.  Classes are supportive, informal, intimate, and fun, an enriching experience for both newcomers and experienced actors.