Time:

7:00pm EST. Repeats daily (to Dec 1)

Location:

Brown Arts Initiative

Granoff Center for the Creative Arts

Studio 1

Cost:

FREE to Students | $10.00 Brown Faculty & Staff | $20.00 General Public | Registration required | For tickets: www.arts.brown.edu

Nov 29 – 30 and Dec 1, 7:00 pm

FREE to Students | $10.00 Brown Faculty & Staff | $20.00 General Public | Registration required | For tickets: www.arts.brown.edu

Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Studio 1

Edgar Arceneaux’s first live work, Until, Until, Until…, investigates the infamous 1981 performance of Broadway legend Ben Vereen, televised nationally as part of Ronald Reagan’s inauguration celebration. Intended as an homage to vaudevillian Bert Williams – America’s first mainstream black entertainer – the final five minutes of the performance were censored for the television audience, causing Vereen’s biting commentary on the history of segregation and racist stereotypes in performance to be lost on viewers at home. Until, Until, Until… is based on the footage that never aired that night. This piece questions the truth of past narratives and creates an opportunity to reconsider our collective understanding of historic events.

Presented by Brown Arts Initiative.