Opera Up Close - Blue

Please join us for this special virtual event with community leaders at 2:00PM on Sunday, April 10th, to discuss the opera’s major themes– fatherhood, motherhood, religious support, and police perspective, all from the perspective of the Black community. Participating in this panel discussion will be:

• Josiah Gilliam, Special Initiatives Coordinator for the City of Pittsburgh and formerly Coordinator and Program Manager for My Brother’s Keeper
• April Jackson from Open Up Pittsburgh
• Minister Dwayne Fulton, Minister of Music and Fine Arts at Mt. Ararat Baptist Church
• Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Officer Jon Bradford
• Blue librettist and stage director Tazewell Thompson
• *additional panelists to be announced soon

Audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions of all the panelists. Registration for this powerful conversation is free.