New Human Rights Arts Festival

The Red Mountain Theater Company announced its first festival devoted to human rights themes.  The Birmingham based company has several new plays devoted to developing understanding an empathy for those whose experiences are unlike our own.   The productions are i n collaboration with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.

A press announcement informs:  This empathy and understanding of another’s point of view is perhaps now more important than ever in our nation – and especially in Birmingham, a city marked by a fractured and violent past.  However, it’s from that pain that the inspiration for Human Rights New Works Festival was born- a festival that would serve [as] a catalyst for healing and hope in a future of equitable treatment of all. 

The range of topics addressed is impressive.  Fighting censorship, struggling parents to accept a transgender child, and voting rights activism are among the topics unveiled in new plays and other writings.  

The festival runs March 15-18.  More information may be found here.