During the lifeless theater season due to COVID shutdown of all performance venues, ART/WNY called upon local writers to share their thoughts on the looming pandemic and how it effected them. Hence, The 716 Voices series was born. It featured accessible videos highlighting regional writers, playwrights and poets utilizing regional backgrounds to underscore the narratives.
This project intentions were to bring attention to the personalities of Buffalo writers, but reflected a time and place felt when theaters and all creativity with them went dark for 15 months.
The 716 Voices can be assessed through ART/WNY's social media sites:
REFLECTIONS
by Susan Hutchinson
Narrated and Featuring
Suzanne Hibbard
QUITE AND SILENCE
by Mark Humphrey
Narrated by
Mike Dugan
NATURAL THEORY
by Justin Pope
Narrated by
Mike Dugan
AN ACTOR WILL PREPARE AGAIN
by Matthew LaChiusa
Narrated by Mike Dugan
Featuring Hugh Davis
CRACKS IN THE WALL
By Monish Bhattacharyya
Narrated by Mike Dugan