#inspiredbyprologue

A few Prologue Theatre favorites – #inspiredbyprologue – themed around previous productions, our current moment, and what we’re planning next. 

First up, our previous productions.

Grand Concourse by Heidi Schreck

• Read Grand Concourse & consider: What are the limits of your compassion and your ability to forgive? 
• Watch Heidi Schreck’s Tony Award nominated play, What the Constitution Means to Me, streaming on Amazon Prime. 
• Learn how you can support local nonprofits, like the Arlington Food Assistance Center or Thrive DC, serving homeless populations in the greater DC-area. 

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​The Explorers Club by Nell Benjamin

• Read The Explorers Club & consider: What truly drives our decisions to exclude?
• Explore the Smithsonian Natural History Museum, now reopened to the public, and snag your Brood X cicada merch from their gift shop. 
• Visit Union Market, one of our favorite spots to unwind while we were rehearsing & performing at Gallaudet University’s blackbox theatre.

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Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
by Bert V. Royal 

• Read Dog Sees God: Confessions of Teenage Blockhead & consider: What can you do to help others face their "unseen challenges"? 
• Learn about how Active Minds is changing the conversation and spreading awareness about teen mental health.
• Visit a few Petworth treasures, like Loyalty Books and Catrachitos, from around Dance Loft, where we performed this show.

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Recent Tragic Events by Craig Wright

• Read Recent Tragic Events & consider: Where and who do you turn to when dealing with momentous events? Why?
• Explore the H Street NE area around Atlas Performing Arts Center to find spots like Sospeso, where we held our opening night party and Mozzeria’s wood-fired pizza
• Visit our favorite bookstores in the greater DC-area, including Solid State Books, Politics & Prose, and One More Page Books, and see if you can find some of the Joyce Carol Oates books mentioned in the play

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Bike America by Mike Lew

• Read Bike America & consider: Does where we are determine who we are?
• Ride (or run or walk) a few miles along the Potomac or tackle a longer section of the C&O Canal trail 
• Watch DC-area virtual theatre! Even as in-person productions start to resume, there are still lots of creative and innovative virtual options, and Theatre Washington maintains a list of the latest productions and events

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2020 also ushered in a renewed season of learning and confronting the past and present racism in our nation and community. We recommitted to the work of listening and learning and dedicated time to the work of anti-racism and anti-oppression in our organization. Here are some recommendations from our ongoing journey: 

• Learn from Center for Urban and Racial Equity, The Washington Area Women’s Foundation, and Advancement Project
• Read Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha S. Jones, Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas, Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour, and Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho (or check out his youtube videos)
• Listen to Code Switch, The Stoop, and The United States of Anxiety

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While we have not yet put the effects of the pandemic behind us, we are still hopeful for our return to in-person productions in 2022!