Artscape radio interview: “What Problem?” explores isolation and community through movement at the Vets
November 3, 2022

Listen to Kathleen’s interview with Artscape’s James Baumgartner on The Public’s Radio here.

“We see how the tension between community and isolation and the desire to define the ‘we’ to forge the ‘we’ is present in a few different ways.” – FirstWorks Executive Artistic Director Kathleen Pletcher on the theme of “What Problem?”, a performance by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company co-presented with Brown Arts Institute, Brown University on November 4 at The Vets.

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