Lisa Biggs
@lisabiggs.bsky.social
Author of The Healing Stage: Black Women, Incarceration & the Art of Transformation (2022); Theatre maker, performance studies scholar; Associate Professor, Africana Studies/Rites and Reason Theatre @ Brown University
Found this recording of Rita Moreno performing “Fever” on The Muppet Show from 1976. 14/10
Again: Republicans never really cared about the debt. They just want to make sure we send the money to their donors, not the working class.
Nobody does community engaged theatre like director Kristin Horton journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/tbtr/issue/7...
Celebrating Black theatre & the visionary artistry of director Eunice Ferreira journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/tbtr/issue/7...
Celebrating Black theatre artist-scholar Eunice Ferreira, a visionary director journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/tbtr/issue/7...
"Black theatre pedagogies transmit cultural knowledge, cultivate belonging, and sustain Black creativity" even at PWIs. Pictured below my devised play about women & girls in the '67 Detriot Rebellion, directed by Kristin Horton, for MSU journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/tbtr/issue/7...
journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/tbtr/issue/7... Honored to be part of this historic issue of the Black Theatre Review
the Black Theatre Review | Issue: Issue: 1(4) The Labor of Black Theatre Pedagogies in Historically White Colleges and Universities (2026)
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Ran/walked 3 miles today. 1st time this year & did it outdoors. Its a milestone in my recoveries from multiple injuries, and a sign of how much better I am paying attention to, understanding, & caring for my system
Johanna Fernández, ¡Presente! We're heartbroken to learn of the passing of Professor Fernández. When we hosted a class with her in 2022, she began by saying "Talking with teachers is one of my favorite activities." More here: www.zinnedproject.org/news/johanna... Listen ⬇️ youtu.be/9fTLscjOR8s?...
Johanna Fernández Audiogram
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A president can't impose tarrifs. SCOTUS ruled on this last month. What are we even doing here?
I'm sorry but didn't the Supreme Court recently decide that unilaterally imposing tariffs without Congressional approval was unconstitutional? What are we even doing here anymore
Thought I was almost done assembling my new bicycle when I realized the chain is a garbled mess & I'm missing 1 bolt. Off to the bike shop 🚲
Please don't make me go to Boston for dancing -- house, hip hop, afrobeat.
I need a reliable adult dance party in Rhode Island. House, Hip Hop, Afrobeat. Day parties or night time fun. Have car, will travel.
Great books I read recently: - Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux - The Fisherman by Chigozie Obioma - My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite - The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston
SCOTUS has declared racism dead except when they can use it to protect white people
Still celebrating Juneteenth today at Newport, RI. The end of slavery in the US!! #WeDidThat
NYT: White House Debated Suspending Habeas Corpus and Invoking Insurrection Act
NYT: White House Debated Suspending Habeas Corpus and Invoking Insurrection Act
White House officials last year debated whether to suspend habeas corpus rights for immigrants and asylum seekers, as President Trump looked for ways to bypass judges in deportation cases. That’s acco...
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A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to immediately resume asylum and immigration processing for immigrants from 39 African, Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern countries.
Federal judge in R.I. demands Trump administration comply with order to end unlawful immigration halt for 39 countries - The Boston Globe
US District Court Judge McConnell gave the Trump administration 24 hours to show that it had stopped using unlawful immigration policies
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Will there be another staged attempt on DJTs life tonight? What odds does Vegas have on this?
Grateful that my latest publication reflecting on the Phoenix Players Theatre Group, “Performing Black Feminist Abolition,” is in the volume Applied Theatre and Racial Justice edited by @lisabiggs.bsky.social and Eunice Ferreira. Check out this book! www.routledge.com/Applied-Thea...
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Headed to show #3 of the weekend @ Trinity Repertory & Brown/Trinity MFA