Congratulations to poet, playwright and MacArthur Fellow Claudia Rankine! Boston’s Mayor Walsh has officially declared today, February 28, 2018 as “Claudia Rankine Day” in Boston — celebrating opening day of her World Premiere play The White Card.

Above Photo: Mayor Walsh and Claudia Rankine at last spring’s public dialogue “On Whiteness” at The Emerson Cutler Majestic Theater. Photo credit: Kelly Davidson.

The official proclamation:

 

The White Card

NOW – APR 1

Emerson Paramount Center
Robert J. Orchard Stage