Court Theatre
Court Theatre is the professional theatre of the University of Chicago, dedicated to innovation, inquiry, intellectual engagement, and community service. As a Toward Common Cause programmatic partner, Court Theatre is presenting a suite of conversations centered on MacArthur Fellow Fred Wilson’s Murano Glass sculpture Act V. Scene II Exeunt Omnes.
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Part I in a Series of Activations Focused on Themes of Black Identity and Perception Mirrors and Misconceptions is a special series exploring Black identity. It pairs the visual art of Fred Wilson’s Murano Glass sculpture, Act V. Scene II Exeunt Omnes—the final stage direction in Shakespeare’s Othello—with Court Theatre’s production of The Tragedy of…
Part II in a Series of Activations Focused on Themes of Black Identity and Perception Mirrors and Misconceptions is a special series exploring Black identity. It pairs the visual art of Fred Wilson’s Murano Glass sculpture, Act V. Scene II Exeunt Omnes—the final stage direction in Shakespeare’s Othello—with Court Theatre’s production of The Tragedy of…
Fred Wilson is a conceptual artist primarily working in installation and sculpture. Central to his practice are the neglected history of Africans and African Americans and the representation of race within the context of colonization, slavery, and abolition through the use of satire and irony. His exploration into museum collections and institutions’ language of display…