By Jacquelyn D. Heath Special to The Milwaukee Times Others have described Dael Orlandersmith as an actress, a performer, a playwright, a poet. From her own viewpoint, she is simply ‘a theater worker’. That is, she is someone who applies their talents to create products for public consumption to be delivered via the stage. The award-winning, self-described ‘theater … [Read more...] about Dael Orlandersmith: A ‘theater worker’ who writes the truth
Dael Orlandersmith
‘Until the Flood’ revisits the trauma, legacy of racism
By Jacquelyn D. Heath Special to The Milwaukee Times On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown, an 18-year-old high school graduate just days away from starting college, was shot 12 times and killed by Darren Wilson, a 28-year-old police officer in Ferguson, MO, a suburb north of St. Louis. Brown was suspected of committing a strong-arm robbery of a convenience store; Wilson … [Read more...] about ‘Until the Flood’ revisits the trauma, legacy of racism