World Premiere

Written by and Starring Regina Taylor

EXHIBIT is a powerful exploration of erasure, memory, and the battle to preserve African American history. At the center of the story is Iris, an artist whose work is being removed from museums and whose biography is vanishing from databases. Faced with the threat of cultural erasure, Iris begins to recall fragments of her own martyred childhood—memories of integrating a school during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.

These flashbacks are windows into a sharply divided America, a nation at a crossroads—caught between progress and regression. Iris grapples with the haunting question: Are we moving forward, or are we moving backward?

Written by and starring Regina Taylor—actress, director, playwright, educator, and activist—EXHIBIT is a poignant reminder of the ongoing fight to keep history alive and to honor the stories that have shaped this country.

Find the playbill for Exhibit here.

Please note there are no refunds or exchanges for this show.

CONTENT ADVISORY: Curious offers a public advisory about any stage effect of potential concern to patrons’ health, such as strobe lights, theatrical fog or smoking. This production of EXHIBIT does not contain any of these effects:EXHIBIT is best suited for ages 12 and up. Curious also offers voluntary advisories about subject matter. If you would like to read the content advisory for EXHIBIT, click the “Details” arrow below.

Details

Details for EXHIBIT:This production contains radicalized language.

If you have any questions about content, age appropriateness, or stage effects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might impact your experience, please contact the box office at 303-623-0524

Dates & Times

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Cast

Regina TaylorIris

Production Team

EXHIBIT BY REGINA TAYLOR. is as a play that is PRESENTED live BY CURIOUS THEATER COMPANY includes slides and film projections as well as actual objects holding central character Iris’ history and memory. On display, on the stage, and through a QR code that takes audiences beyond-

Taylor has created an immersive experience as the Exhibit goes throughout the Curious Theater in the lobby, enclaves, and in the Sanctuary, of Taylor “Iris Spears” work/history/memory in the form of photos, collages, paintings, and video. For this premiere of Exhibit at Curious Theater Taylor has also created interviews and video portraits of Denver’s Trailblazers. Shown at the theater and accessed online are videos of Carlotta Walls Lanier, Leslie Herod, Nicholle Harris, Dianne Briscoe-McKenzie, Dzirae Gold, Wilma J. Webb, Cleo Parker Robinson, and Vanessa Blacknall-Jamison .

Explore More:

Continue to browse Regina Taylor’s EXHIBIT presented by the Curious Theatre Company to discover the powerful work of Taylor/”Iris Spears”, as well as contributions from Denver’s creative community and collaborators from across the nation.

SUBMIT YOUR WORK:

Taylor has an open invitation for Denver creatives to share their work on this space in whatever medium you choose to express what is on your mind about the times we’re moving through right now. Because now is not the time to be silent

Please send to Curious Theater Marketing Manager, Emily Whalen at emily@curioustheatre.org.

“Am I too old to switch forms-
To learn a new language-
to pass down these stories
with a new tongue

To take from my past
And create new ways
For our stories to escape
I now write down each day
Speak out loud
The moments-
attach to the cloud
-record on air-
To somehow make these times concrete
somewhere-
As plans move forward
to silence and erase
Our history
I keep trying to find
as many ways
to preserve and share
how we got from there
To Here
So we can make it
over-“

– Iris Spears