Theater Collaboration Celebrates Juneteenth with Play that Explores Difficult Conversations About Race
b'To commemorate Juneteenth, the celebration of emancipation from slavery, nearly 40 Bay Area theaters and others nationwide are collaborating on a project to bring a thought-provoking play about race into people\\u2019s homes. As part of The Juneteenth Theater Justice Project, staged readings of playwright Vincent Terrell Durham\\u2019s play, \\u201cPolar Bears, Black Boys and Prairie Fringed Orchids\\u201d, will be live streamed from theaters around the country on Zoom on June 19th. We\\u2019ll talk with the playwright and the project leader about the play and what a celebration of freedom means in a time of heightened attention to\\xa0 systemic racism.'