Central Square Theater

Central Conversations for “Pipeline”

• Post-Show Conversation with Gwendolyn VanSant

  March 5, 2020 at 9:00 pm
  Join us on Thursday, March 5 for a post-show conversation with Gwendolyn VanSant.
  Gwendolyn VanSant is a trainer and facilitator in diversity leadership, cultural competence and coalition building for justice and equity. She is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founding Director of Multicultural BRIDGE and contributes to several teams across the region to promote safety, equity and trust in communities and workplaces.

• Official Press Opening for “Pipeline”

  March 9, 2020 at 9:00 pm
  Join us Monday, March 9 at Vialé for the official press opening of Pipeline.

• Scholar Social with Dr. Harvey Young and Betsy Bard

  March 12, 2020 at 9:00 pm
  Join us Thursday, March 12 immediately following the performance for a post show conversation with Harvey Young and Betsy Bard.
  Harvey Young became the Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Boston University in January, 2018. His research on the performance and experience of race has been widely published in academic journals and profiled in major newspapers and magazines.

• Post-show Conversation with Amanda Gazin and Maya Escobar

  March 14, 2020 at 9:30 pm
  Join us Saturday, March 14 for a post-show conversation with Amanda Gazin and Maya Escobar.
  Amanda Gazin and Maya Escobar are both children/teen librarians for Cambridge Public Library.  Maya has been in the teen room at the main branch for many years and is a graduate of CRLS.  Amanda is in the Children’s room in the Central Square Branch. 

• CANCELLED – Post-show Conversation with Hilary Binda and Jeff Raphael

  March 18, 2020 at 9:00 pm
  Join us on Wednesday, March 18 for a post-show conversation with with Hilary Binda and Jeff Raphael.
  Hilary Binda is the Founding Director of the Tufts University Prison Initiative of Tisch College (TUPIT). She runs and teaches in the college degree program at MCI-Concord and teaches an "inside-out" course at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center; Jeffrey Raphael is a Tufts University Educational Justice Fellow.

• CANCELLED – Artists & Audiences for “Pipeline”

  March 19, 2020 at 9:00 pm
  Join us for a talkback with the cast and creative team of "Pipeline".

• CANCELLED – Post-show Conversation with Elizabeth Baldwin

  March 20, 2020 at 9:00 pm
  Join us  Friday, March 20 for a post-show conversation with Elizabeth Baldwin.
  Elizabeth Baldwin is with the Anti-Racist Collaborative. She holds a Masters degree from Northeastern University in Nonprofit Management and Leadership.

• CANCELLED – Post-show Conversation with Jamila Batts Capitman

  March 21, 2020 at 9:30 pm
  Join us Saturday, March 21 for a post-show conversation with Jamila Batts Capitman.
  Jamila Batts Capitman is a VISIONS Inc. diversity, equity, inclusion consultant. A graduate of the Temple University Africana Studies department, Jamila is the former Director of Multicultural Student programming at Milton Academy and founder of the Legacy Project.

• CANCELLED – Post-show Conversation with Leon Smith

  March 22, 2020 at 4:30 pm
  Join us Saturday, March 22 at 4:30pm for a post-show conversation with Leon Smith. 

• CANCELLED – Post-show Conversation with William Pruitt

  March 28, 2020 at 4:30 pm
  Join us Saturday, March 28 for a post-show conversation with William Pruitt.
  William Pruitt is a PhD Candidate in African and African American Studies at Harvard University, where he has earned a primary field in English and a secondary field in Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies.

• CANCELLED – Post-show Conversation with Jenna Chandler-Ward

  March 28, 2020 at 9:00 pm
  Join us Saturday, March 28 at 9pm for a post-show conversation with Jenna Chandler-Ward .
  Jenna is the Cofounder and Codirector of Teaching While White, a non-profit consulting group. TWW seeks to shine a light on the ways that whiteness impacts education. Over 84% of educators and an even greater number of administrators are white, yet many don’t know that they have a race or that it matters. Through professional development, policy and curriculum development, and coaching, TWW works with educational institutions nationwide to work towards a more equitable and anti-racist system. TWW also has a podcast and blog that looks at issues of race in education. Jenna had previously been an educator in schools, universities, and nonprofits for over 20 years. Jenna is also a founder and Codirector of the Multicultural Teaching Institute.