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April 12, 2024

Playwright and scholar Lisa B. Thompson calls her choreopoem “a theatrical love letter to Black women and girls”

By: Jennifer Stayton

Lisa B. Thompson has been working on “The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body” as a 2023-2024 Texas Performing Arts Artist in Residence. KUT’s Jennifer Stayton talked with Thompson ahead of the April 12th premier at the Vortex in Austin, Texas about the themes of the work – including her desire to focus on middle-aged and older Black women.


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