Second annual BIPOC Play Festival hits South Shore this weekend

Perceptions Theatre is Black-owned and committed to making theater accessible to South Side residents.

Perceptions Theatre BIPOC Play Fest
Artists rehearse for this weekend's second annual BIPOC Play Festival. Myesha-Tiara
Perceptions Theatre BIPOC Play Fest
Artists rehearse for this weekend's second annual BIPOC Play Festival. Myesha-Tiara

Second annual BIPOC Play Festival hits South Shore this weekend

Perceptions Theatre is Black-owned and committed to making theater accessible to South Side residents.

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Perceptions Theatre opened in 2020 and almost instantly pivoted to streaming productions online. This weekend, the company is holdings its first in-person event: the second annual BIPOC Play Festival

Reset checks in with the theater’s artistic director and a playwright featured in the festival to learn more.

GUESTS: Myesha-Tiara, founder and artistic director of Perceptions Theatre

Carlo Zenner, actor and playwright whose play “Mess” is one of four plays in the festival