The Bridges Fellowship and Inaugural Cohort
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A recent Georgetown collaboration highlights theater as a healing art

"The genesis of The Art of Care is itself a story of community and collaboration. In 2020, Georgetown theater professor Derek Goldman began teaching the class Performance and Pandemic," Health Magazine, Summer 2025

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The Bridges Fellowship and Inaugural Cohort

This 2-year fellowship program in collaboration with Producer Hub and The Lab, and inspired by the Global Lab Fellows Program, is centered on training African producers using a uniquely crafted African and Afro-diasporic pedagogy, focused on humanizing production in cultural infrastructure building. 

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Here I Am Premieres at GU Qatar

The Lab's original production,Here I Am, premiered at the Georgetown University Qatar campus in Doha in February 2025 as part of their Black History Month celebrations.

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In subtle stunner, “Remember This” tackles truth

Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn reprised the role of Jan Karski for a successful Spoleto Festival debut. Strathairn portrays Karski, a reluctant hero who defied odds to expose the Holocaust's horrors.

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