THROUGH BROKEN DOORS
Through Broken Doors
Created by TBD Ensemble
Presented by Pittsburgh Playhouse
December 2020
THROUGH BROKEN DOORS is a digital exhibition created by an ensemble of 16 students from the Conservatory of Performance Arts at Point Park University during the fall of 2020. The TBD process was rooted in our need for community amidst a global pandemic, an anxiety-riddled, destabilizing, and high-stakes election, and a much-needed acceleration of protests against white supremacy and anti-Blackness. Using docudrama and devised theater techniques, the TBD ensemble created a series of video and audio pieces reflecting on their lived experiences through this moment. Compiled on this site, pieces include investigations of Black rest, documentation of the 2020 election, and conversations between loved ones.
ENSEMBLE | Edwin Almonte, Ciera Rae Dastoor, Hope Debelius, Rashaad Dinkins, Kate Shea Duncan (Stage Manager), Maya Fullard, Emily Harnett, Sam Kirk, Sam Lander, Abby MacKay, Caitlin Mayernik (Assistant Director), Mia Sterbini, Nina Gabrielle Stumpf (Graphic Designer), Nami Ana Talbot, Albert Lewis Wash II (Assistant Director), Bailey Wilson
TEACHING ARTISTS | Adil Mansoor, Paul William Kruse, Sadah Espii Proctor
GUEST ARTISTS | Scott Andrew (web designer), Hank Bullington (OBS specialist), Joss Green (video editing support), Ethan Jerrett (web developer), Bekezela Mguni (artist and librarian)