CommunityREACH: CAROUSEL Post-Show Discussion, Aug. 17, 2024

Music Theater Works during its highly recommended run of CAROUSEL at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts In Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, hosted a post show discussion, “Depictions of Domestic Abuse in the Musical Theater Canon and Popular Media.”

“There has been much discussion about the themes and characters of CAROUSEL, especially on the relationship between Julie Jordan and Billy Bigelow,” said Producing Artistic Director and moderator of the August 17 program Kyle A. Dougan. “We hope to discuss the portrayal of the relationship and also reflect how domestic abuse is represented in musicals and popular media.”

The panelists for the August 17 discussion includes:
Marlene Copeland, SHALVA executive director
https://shalvacares.org/
Hillary Douin, YWCA Evanston/North Shore director of the domestic violence department
https://www.ywca-ens.org/
Sasha Gerritson, director of CAROUSEL
Nathan Lamp, Music Theater Works dramaturg
Maliha Sayed, actor, "Julie Jordan"
Kyle Dougan, moderator, Music Theater Works producing artistic director.

If you or anyone you know is impacted by these issues, please consider the resources below.
National Sexual Assault Hotline
Hours: Available 24 hours – 1-800-656-4673
www.rainn.org/resources
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Hours: 24/7. Languages: English, Spanish and 200+ through interpretation service
1-800-799-7233
www.thehotline.org

CommunityREACH is Music Theater Works’ creative placemaking program putting our audience and our community in dialogue over both difficult and affirming issues raised by our shows, such as issues of domestic abuse in CAROUSEL.

Music Theater Works is a professional non-profit theater company based in Wilmette, Illinois featuring a colorful repertoire including operetta, the Golden Age of Broadway, the Great American Songbook, and modern classics since 1980.

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