You are invited...

A pre-show alumni reception, followed by a play, written and directed by alumna, Chaunesti Webb, '09.

Thursday, April 5, 2012
Reception
6:00 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Administration Building, Second Floor

The Play
I LOVE MY HAIR WHEN IT IS GOOD AND THEN
AGAIN WHEN IT LOOKS DEFIANT AND IMPRESSIVE
By Chaunesti Webb, '09
8:00 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
Performing Arts Center

RSVP is required (due to limited space)
RSVP with the link below. Both the Reception and the Play are *free* events.

about the reception
Join President John Cobb and your fellow alumni for a relaxed evening of mingling and eating; dinner and beverages provided. 

NOTE: You are welcome to join us for the reception and the play. Please RSVP below.

If you plan to attend just the play, no RSVP is necessary - just go to PAC before the show (and note it is first-come, first-serve, general seating.)

about the play
I LOVE MY HAIR WHEN IT IS GOOD AND THEN AGAIN WHEN IT LOOKS DEFIANT AND IMPRESSIVE is an original play exploring the complex relationship African American women have with their hair and how that relationship has shaped their identities.

Enjoy a taste of her play with this video clip for her Indiegogo fundraiser: I LOVE MY HAIR video.

the story of the play's development
In 2007 I moved from Durham, NC to Boulder, CO to study for my master’s in Theater and Contemporary Performance at Naropa University.  In Boulder, I became part of the tiny 1% African American sliver of the demographic pie.  Coming out of the diversity of Durham, I was in shock.  Everything "black" about myself was magnified in this environment: my attitude, my point of view, my hair.  I realized that in order to get through my academic program I'd have to quickly establish my support system.

At the same time, I was being asked to make original performance work based on what was "present" for me.  So, I found 7 Black women from the Boulder-Denver area, and for 10 weeks I facilitated a creative process where we explored the complicated relationship that we have with our hair, while cultivating community.   

That early work in Boulder, CO was the seed for what would later become my first full length play, I LOVE MY HAIR, an interdisciplinary piece integrating interview text, original music, movement and video. 

Read more about Chaunesti