Painted Bride Art Center: If She Stood Ancillary Event: Open Rehearsal and Gallery Tour

17 Apr 2013
18:00:00 - 20:00:00

Painted Bride Art Center

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

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Open Rehearsal and Gallery Tour
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
6 p.m.– 8 p.m.
No cost. Advanced registration is required

Join playwright and director Ain Gordon with his cast in the Bride’s intimate theater for an open rehearsal. Nadine Patterson, a filmmaker who has collaborated with Gordon on If She Stood…, will then lead a tour of her exhibit at the Bride, Freedom, Fire, and Promiscuous Meetings: The Philadelphia Community Lyceum. Refreshments provided.

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