Reimagining Porgy and Bess in the 21st Century

“Reimagining Porgy and Bess in the 21st Century” was presented at OBERON with the following panelists:

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute

Diane Paulus
A.R.T. Artistic Director

Marjorie Garber
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Visual Environmental Studies

Ingrid Monson
Quincy Jones Professor of African-American Music

Suzan-Lori Parks
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and co-adapter of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess

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Porgy and Bess Du Bois Panel: