Join us via Zoom video conference for this virtual discussion featuring experts on the themes and issues of the play in a discussion moderated by TimeLine Associate Artistic Director Nick Bowling with the following guest panelists:

ADIA BENTON is an associate professor of Anthropology and African Studies at Northwestern University, where she is affiliated with the Science in Human Culture Program. She is the author of the award-winning book, HIV Exceptionalism: Development through Disease in Sierra Leone, and is currently writing a book about the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak.

ADAM DAVIS has been the executive director of Oregon Humanities since 2013 and directed the Center for Civic Reflection in Chicago before that. Davis has trained thousands of discussion leaders across the country, facilitated hundreds of community and workplace discussions, moderated onstage conversations with community-builders, office-holders, and authors, and worked on organizational planning, support, and growth. He hosts Oregon Humanities’ podcast and radio show, The Detour, and has edited books including Taking Action, The Civically Engaged Reader, and Hearing the Call across Traditions. He currently sits on the boards of the High Desert Partnership, the Federation of State Humanities Councils, the Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon, and the Bull Run Center. Davis received his PhD from the University of Chicago and used to lead wilderness trail crews in the Pacific Northwest.

GRACE HERMAN is a director and dramaturg originally from Tamarindo, Costa Rica. She recently graduated with a B.A. in Theatre from Loyola University Chicago. Dramaturgy credits include NOTES FROM THE FIELD, ONCE, and SOMEWHERE (Loyola University Chicago). Directing and Assistant Directing credits include A DEVIL COMES TO TOWN (Trap Door Theatre), NOTES FROM THE FIELD, AZAZEL’S GIFT, CAFECITO, & THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON (Loyola University Chicago).

Attendance is FREE.