Solo Show at UCSB’s MultiCultural Center Examines Notions of Racial IdentityPosted in Articles, Arts, Autobiography, Census/Demographics, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, Social Science, United States, Women on 2013-05-06 18:06Z by Steven |
Solo Show at UCSB’s MultiCultural Center Examines Notions of Racial Identity
Public Affairs & Communications
University of California, Santa Barbara
News Release
2013-05-01
Contact: Andrea Estrada: 805-893-4620; George Foulsham: 805-893-3071
Multimedia performance is produced by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Chay Carter
(Santa Barbara, Calif.)—When actress and playwright Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni married the love of her life in 2006, her father did not walk her down the aisle. In fact, he declined to attend the wedding altogether.
Seeking to understand why he chose not to participate, DiGiovanni began a trek through family history—and time and space—that ultimately led to her M.F.A. thesis project: the multimedia one-woman play, “One Drop of Love: A Daughter’s Search for Her Father’s Racial Approval.”
DiGiovanni will perform the hour-long show at UC Santa Barbara’s MultiCultural Center Theater on Tuesday, May 7. The performance begins at 6 p.m. and will be followed by a question-and-answer session with G. Reginald Daniel, professor of sociology at UCSB. Daniels is a leading expert in the field of critical mixed race studies…
…A leading activist on issues related to mixed race, DiGiovanni is an actor, comedian, producer, and educator. She developed “One Drop of Love” as the thesis project for her Master of Fine Arts degree in film, television, and theater from California State University Los Angeles. She will use footage from her performances—the most recent was at the University of Maryland—to produce a documentary film…
Read the entire news release here.