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Relations, Widener University A Bridge Apart Debuts at Widener Sept. 16 as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival
CHESTER,
Pa. — The city of Chester is
experiencing a Culture and Arts Renaissance, which a collaborative theater
group will showcase at this year’s Philadelphia Fringe Festival through the
performance piece A Bridge Apart. This marks the first time the
Philadelphia Fringe Festival will extend its territory to feature performances
in Chester.
Widener
University’s Lone Brick Theater Ensemble has partnered with The Artist
Warehouse in Chester to produce A Bridge Apart, which candidly explores
university-community or “town-gown” relations. Performances take place in Widener’s
Alumni Auditorium Friday, Sept. 16 at 6 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 17 at 3 p.m.; and
Sunday, Sept. 18 at 3 p.m. Tickets are free, but they must be reserved on
the Philadelphia Fringe Festival website, http://fringearts.com/event/a-bridge-apart-2/.
Devon
Walls, artist and proprietor of The Artist Warehouse and an artist in residence
at Widener, spearheaded efforts to develop this piece. Walls facilitated
walking tours of the Widener University campus and city of Chester with Widener
staff, faculty and students and Chester residents, business owners and city
officials. Along the way, he interviewed participants about both real and
perceived boundaries separating the campus and the Chester community. The narratives
from those tours have been combined with spoken word, photography, actor
interviews and improvisations, in addition to musical performances of
Chester-based artists on the theme “boundaries and bridges,” to create A
Bridge Apart.
“The
performance itself acts as a new bridge between university and community as it
brings Widener student actors together with youth and adult actors in the
Chester community to enact stories, spoken word, music and other artistic
reflections on the boundaries that hinder mutual respect and collaboration
between the university and the city and on what it takes to bridge stronger
partnerships,” said Sharon Meagher, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at
Widener University.
Both
Meagher and Walls are primary investigators on a larger collaborative project
titled Boundaries and Bridges that utilizes creative
placemaking workshops and activities to strengthen connection to community and
place in the city of Chester. Funded by a 2015 Catalyst Fund from the Barra
Foundation, the Boundaries and Bridges initiative is led by a team of Widener
University and city of Chester leaders to strengthen and support arts
collaboration in Chester and realize the planned Culture and Arts Corridor from
Widener’s campus to Chester’s City Hall. The concept of this Culture and Arts
Corridor first developed through the Chester Made initiative led by the
Pennsylvania Humanities Council.
To
learn more about the performances, contact Sharon M. Meagher, dean of the
College of Arts & Sciences, 610-499-1260 or 570-905-5234.
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