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Thursday, May 10, 2012
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Dutchman

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When a white seductress encounters a young black poet on a subway train, idle banter gives way to twisted aggression, and atrocities occur while everybody is looking. Actress Tami Dixon and director Mark Southers talk about the Bricolage production of Dutchman and how the play sparks dialogue with every performance.
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Amiri Baraka's play, The Dutchman, is no less contraversial today than it was in the 1960s

When a white seductress encounters a young black poet on a subway train, idle banter gives way to twisted aggression, and atrocities occur while everybody is looking. Actress Tami Dixon and director Mark Southers talk about the Bricolage production of Dutchman and how the play sparks dialogue with every performance.