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====Date: [[:Category:1995 | ====Date: [[:Category:1995|1995]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America | ====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]] [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity]] [[:Category: | ====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]], [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity]], [[:Category:Religion|Religion]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Performance Art|Performance Art]] [[:Category: | ====Medium: [[:Category:Performance Art|Performance Art]], [[:Category:Theater|Theater]]==== | ||
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'''Artist:''' Kushner, Tony. | '''Artist:''' Kushner, Tony. | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' | '''Confronting Bodies:'''Religious Fundamentalists | ||
'''Dates of Action:''' | '''Dates of Action:''' 1995 | ||
'''Location:''' | '''Location:''' Charlotte, North Carolina and other places world wide. | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' This play depicts scenes from American life and has several gay charecters in it--one of whom is also a black nurse. It is about HIV. <P> | '''Description of Artwork:''' This play depicts scenes from American life and has several gay charecters in it--one of whom is also a black nurse. It is about HIV. <P> | ||
'''The Incident:''' The New York based touring company doing this | '''The Incident:''' The New York based touring company doing this Pulitzer Prize winning play was engaged by a Charlotte theatre group to perform this play. The touring company arrived and was ready to performe the play which had previously been advertized in an area covering three states. Religious fundamentalists protested this and got Senator Jesse Helms involved to pressure the Auditorium to cancel the play . Some of the protesters were members of the American Family Association, Bob Jones University and One Million Moms (and Dads) which is part of the American Family Association. <P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' The play was canceled and has never been performed in Western North Carolina or South Carolina since and many theatrical producers will not take on this project in the Carolinas because of the problems which occured in Charlotte when asked by this reporter. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' The play was canceled and has never been performed in Western North Carolina or South Carolina since and many theatrical producers will not take on this project in the Carolinas because of the problems which occured in Charlotte when asked by this reporter. <P> | ||
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[[Category:]] | [[Category:20th century]] | ||
[[Category:North America]] | [[Category:North America]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:United States]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:North Carolina]] | ||
[[Category:Charlotte]] | |||
[[Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation]] | [[Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation]] | ||
[[Category:Nudity]] | [[Category:Nudity]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Religion]] | ||
[[Category:Performance Art]] | [[Category:Performance Art]] | ||
[[Category:Theatre]] | [[Category:Theatre]] | ||
[[Category:Kushner, Tony.]] | [[Category:Kushner, Tony.]] | ||
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Revision as of 20:28, 26 July 2011
Date: 1995
Region: North America
Subject: Sexual/Gender Orientation, Nudity, Religion
Medium: Performance Art, Theater
Artist: Kushner, Tony.
Confronting Bodies:Religious Fundamentalists
Dates of Action: 1995
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina and other places world wide.
Description of Artwork: This play depicts scenes from American life and has several gay charecters in it--one of whom is also a black nurse. It is about HIV.
The Incident: The New York based touring company doing this Pulitzer Prize winning play was engaged by a Charlotte theatre group to perform this play. The touring company arrived and was ready to performe the play which had previously been advertized in an area covering three states. Religious fundamentalists protested this and got Senator Jesse Helms involved to pressure the Auditorium to cancel the play . Some of the protesters were members of the American Family Association, Bob Jones University and One Million Moms (and Dads) which is part of the American Family Association.
Results of Incident: The play was canceled and has never been performed in Western North Carolina or South Carolina since and many theatrical producers will not take on this project in the Carolinas because of the problems which occured in Charlotte when asked by this reporter.
Source: The Chalotte Observer Newspaper; Chalotte, N.C. The Greenville News Greenville, SC The Associated Press
