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Thursday, April 07, 2016
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Urban renewal and eminent domain in the 1960s Pittsburgh of August Wilson's TWO TRAINS RUNNING and in Philadelphia today. This event is hosted by Arden Theatre Company, in partnership with WHYY's KEYSTONE CROSSROADS.
MODERATOR: Naomi Starobin, Editor, WHYY's Keystone Crossroads.
PANELISTS:
Brian Abernathy: First Deputy Managing Director, City of Philadelphia. Formerly Executive Director, Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Johnnie Hobbs, Jr.: actor, currently playing Memphis in the Arden's production of Wilson's TWO TRAINS RUNNING.
Jimmie Moore: former municipal court judge and ward leader. Jimmy has lived on Montgomery Avenue in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood of Philadelphia for about 14 years.
Rasheedah Phillips: Managing Attorney of the Housing Unit at Legal Services.
Christopher Rawson: As Senior Theater Critic and theatre Editor (1983 to 2008) for Pittsburgh Post- Gazette, Rawson chronicled Wilson's career in detail, starting with his Broadway debut in 1984, and compiled a comprehensive record of reviews, interviews, and news stories. A member of the University of Pittsburgh English Department since 1968, he has a PhD in English Literature and teaches satire, criticism, August Wilson, and Shakespeare.
MODERATOR: Naomi Starobin, Editor, WHYY's Keystone Crossroads.
PANELISTS:
Brian Abernathy: First Deputy Managing Director, City of Philadelphia. Formerly Executive Director, Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Johnnie Hobbs, Jr.: actor, currently playing Memphis in the Arden's production of Wilson's TWO TRAINS RUNNING.
Jimmie Moore: former municipal court judge and ward leader. Jimmy has lived on Montgomery Avenue in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood of Philadelphia for about 14 years.
Rasheedah Phillips: Managing Attorney of the Housing Unit at Legal Services.
Christopher Rawson: As Senior Theater Critic and theatre Editor (1983 to 2008) for Pittsburgh Post- Gazette, Rawson chronicled Wilson's career in detail, starting with his Broadway debut in 1984, and compiled a comprehensive record of reviews, interviews, and news stories. A member of the University of Pittsburgh English Department since 1968, he has a PhD in English Literature and teaches satire, criticism, August Wilson, and Shakespeare.
