Experience excerpts and pop-up installations from American Patriots at the National Gallery of Art!

This program is part of the For Freedoms Artist Activation series, produced with the For Freedoms collective, which creates dedicated time for invited artists to activate and intervene within the spaces of the National Gallery. Artists will explore a wide range of creative civic expressions through interactive performances, pop-up installations, talks, workshops, and more in 2025. The series will include a Town Hall discussion at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University on January 31. 

West Building, West Garden Court

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Experience excerpts and pop-up installations from American Patriots at the National Gallery of Art!

This program is part of the For Freedoms Artist Activation series, produced with the For Freedoms collective, which creates dedicated time for invited artists to activate and intervene within the spaces of the National Gallery. Artists will explore a wide range of creative civic expressions through interactive performances, pop-up installations, talks, workshops, and more in 2025. The series will include a Town Hall discussion at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University on January 31. 

West Building, West Garden Court

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Experience excerpts and pop-up installations from American Patriots at the National Gallery of Art!

This program is part of the For Freedoms Artist Activation series, produced with the For Freedoms collective, which creates dedicated time for invited artists to activate and intervene within the spaces of the National Gallery. Artists will explore a wide range of creative civic expressions through interactive performances, pop-up installations, talks, workshops, and more in 2025. The series will include a Town Hall discussion at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University on January 31. 

West Building, West Garden Court

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This For Freedoms Town Hall invites a group of artists from different disciplines including theater, dance, visual art, public art, and music to explore creative ways of engaging with civic identity, challenging traditional symbols, and rethinking what patriotism can look like in our modern world. Live performance excerpts from American Patriots provides attendees with an unflinching look at the lived reality of American Ideals today. Artists and cultural organizers Holly Bass, Helena Huang, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Miguel Luciano, and Samantha Williams will follow with a discussion on how the language and interpretations of patriotism can be rebranded, subverted, and redefined through artistic expressions.

This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, we strongly encourage you to RSVP.

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The culminating workshop of American Patriots will be a fully staged music-theatre production in Alexandria, Virginia! The wonderful Virginia Theological Seminary has co-commissioned the fully-staged version of American Patriots, which will include performances on March 14, 15, and 16.

More information to come regarding details and tickets!

LEARN ABOUT AMERICAN PATRIOTS

The culminating workshop of American Patriots will be a fully staged music-theatre production in Alexandria, Virginia! The wonderful Virginia Theological Seminary has co-commissioned the fully-staged version of American Patriots, which will include performances on March 14, 15, and 16.

More information to come regarding details and tickets!

LEARN ABOUT AMERICAN PATRIOTS

The culminating workshop of American Patriots will be a fully staged music-theatre production in Alexandria, Virginia! The wonderful Virginia Theological Seminary has co-commissioned the fully-staged version of American Patriots, which will include performances on March 14, 15, and 16.

More information to come regarding details and tickets!

LEARN ABOUT AMERICAN PATRIOTS

Samantha Rose Williams will be having a residency at Stanford University to put on a workshop surrounding American Patriots: The Recital.

More information to come regarding details and tickets!

LEARN ABOUT AMERICAN PATRIOTS

Join us in Salina, Kansas for your first glimpse at the staging and immersive design of the production. We’re incredibly grateful to our partnership with the Salina Symphony Orchestra for the opportunity to hold our workshop in their fabulous new Black Box Theatre.

Performances: January 27, 2024 (4pm and 7pm shows)
Venue: Salina Sunflower Financial Theatre - 303 E. Iron Ave. Salina, KS 67401

LEARN ABOUT AMERICAN PATRIOTS

Join us in Salina, Kansas for your first glimpse at the staging and immersive design of the production. We’re incredibly grateful to our partnership with the Salina Symphony Orchestra for the opportunity to hold our workshop in their fabulous new Black Box Theatre.

Performances: January 27, 2024 (4pm and 7pm shows)
Venue: Salina Sunflower Financial Theatre - 303 E. Iron Ave. Salina, KS 67401

LEARN ABOUT AMERICAN PATRIOTS

Join us in Portland, Oregon for a chance to hear the stunning new numbers and luscious new arrangements that Music Director Yaniv Segal has been hard at work on this summer. This workshop in partnership with Renegade Opera will focus on the musical elements of the show and be a chance for our three singers and 8 instrumentalists to work together.

Performances: November 17 & 18, 2023
Venue: Alberta House - 5131 NE 23rd Ave. Portland, OR 97211

LEARN ABOUT AMERICAN PATRIOTS

Join us in Portland, Oregon for a chance to hear the stunning new numbers and luscious new arrangements that Music Director Yaniv Segal has been hard at work on this summer. This workshop in partnership with Renegade Opera will focus on the musical elements of the show and be a chance for our three singers and 8 instrumentalists to work together.

Performances: November 17 & 18, 2023
Venue: Alberta House - 5131 NE 23rd Ave. Portland, OR 97211

LEARN ABOUT AMERICAN PATRIOTS

Samantha Rose Williams will be in residence at the University of Michigan and putting on a workshop for American Culture 498.

Samantha Rose Williams will be in residence at the University of Michigan and putting on an interactive performance of works from American Patriots for the Voice Department.

Samantha Rose WIlliams will be in residence at the University of Michigan and in collaboration with EXCEL Lab, will be putting on a workshop about American Patriots and creating Art for Social Change for BA Forum.

Coming to you live from The Closet for 2023

The Bearded Ladies Cabaret returns for our third annual LATE NIGHT SNACKS, the unapologetically queer performance art pop up that makes everyone a little bit gay. Featuring a wardrobe's worth of artists from opera singers to drag queens, cabaret stars to art clowns, and everything in between, LATE NIGHT SNACKS is here to convert you. Whether you come once, come every night, or just stop by on your way to the corner store, you'll leave with a mouthful of rainbows and glitter on your lips. Part subversion therapy, part luxury walk-in, LATE NIGHT SNACKS invites you to join us in The Closet, our custom-built cabaret, for seven minutes in queer heaven.

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