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EMPATHY AND IDENTITY: Empathy Project
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EMPATHY AND IDENTITY: Empathy Project Thursday Summer Reading Series Outside under the tent in NHTP parking lot July 29 - 7:00 pm Tickets $10 (seating in 2-and-4-person pods) Reservations Required All readings will be followed by a panel discussion with artists and experts on themes reflected in the play. THEME: Empathy and Identity PLAY: Empathy Project, facilitated & directed by Najee Brown Najee Brown and Project Empathy, in collaboration with Green Acre Bahai Center, present two people from totally different upbringings and lives tasked with telling the other person’s most urgent story, showing us the power of empathy in this performance based project. Panel discussion with artists and contributors following the reading. Najee A. Brown can be described as nothing else than a young entrepreneur. After starting his media company, Mindlezz Thoughtz, in 2011 he has helped provide numerous resources to aspiring artists. In addition to running his own media and arts company, Najee Brown also produced his own music and has danced on every stage from The Apollo to Carnegie Hall. Most recently, Najee wrote and produced his play The Bus Stop, which sold out six times in New York City, and recently featured at the Seacoast Rep last summer. He co-wrote and directed the musical Glimmerings Of Hope, which premiered in New York City and toured Michigan in the spring of 2019. He also directed and choreographed the award-winning musical Henry Box Brown A Musical Journey, in Edinburgh Scotland in the summer or 2019. Brown oversees the “Sol,” series at Seacoast Repertory Theatre, which will focus on presenting Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color (BIPOC) narratives. Stokley and Martin and Nevaeh’s Brother, are his newest plays to premier at Seacoast Repertory Theatre.