ART AND ABOLITION PREMIER

Art and Abolition

Contact: Brittanie Richardson FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel. (347) 583-3946 7 May 2017
Email: [email protected]

ART AND ABOLITION: ONE WOMAN’S JOURNEY FROM ATLANTA TO AFRICA TO RESTORE JUSTICE THROUGH THE ARTS
Written and performed by: Brittanie Richardson
Directed and Developed by: Jessica Lynn Johnson

ART AND ABOLITION will open Friday June 2nd, 2017 at Studio/Stage (520 N. Western Ave) at 9pm. Tickets are on sale now at hff17.com/4560. Tickets are $12 each and proceeds support the non-profit organization Art and Abolition which exists to heal, empower and protect girls who have survived sexual violence in Kenya (www.theartandabolitionmovement.org).

ART AND ABOLITION is the story of a black queer woman who journeys from Atlanta to Africa to restore justice through the arts. As a child she suffers sexual abuse which causes deep trauma, but finds healing and community through the arts. She then moves to Africa and uses the arts to bring healing to other young girls.Inspired by her own experience, she then moves to Africa and uses the arts to bring healing to other young girls who are undergoing different forms of sexual abuse from molestation to child sex slavery and sex trafficking. The story also follows her struggle reconciling her Christian faith with her queer identity. It’s a love story, a story of searching for God, a story about being different and taking risks, a story of survival. Most of all, it is a story that raises awareness of sexual violence against women and girls all over the world.

Additional show dates include Thursday June 8th at 7pm, Saturday June 10th at 2:30pm, Saturday June 17th at 10pm and Sunday June 18th at 4pm.