adrienne Row-Smith

The first ever workshop to disrupt anti-Black racism using improv is taking place on Oct. 19 at The Grove Studio in Hintonburg.
Velvet Wells, creative producer, musician, comedian and all-around helpful person, is leading the workshop. Called Use Improve to Disrupt! Anti-Black Racism, they say that this workshop is designed for community members who have experienced anti-Blackness in public settings.

May’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Hingman Leung, Adrienne Row-Smith, and Velvet Wells to support a series of experimental workshops exploring the use of improvisational theatre techniques to respond to racism. “No matter how much training I take on anti-racism,” explains Hingman, “I always freeze up when someone says something to me that feels like […]