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Black Virgins are Not for Hipsters

Alexis Keenan
Echo Brown in Black Virgins are not for Hipsters

Art often shines  a light on bigger issues in neighborhoods, in our society, and in our personal lives. Local playwright, Echo Brown explores identity, empowerment, race, gender and Beyonce, in her new play "Black Virgins are not for Hipsters."
 

"The whole play is me revealing myself in these intimate ways"-Echo Brown

 
Click the audio player above to hear the entire interview. 

Black Virgins are not for Hipstersis performed at the Marsh Theater in San Francisco.

For tickets and more info click here!

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Leila Day is a Senior Producer at Pineapple Street Media and is the Executive Producer and co-host of The Stoop Podcast, stories about the black diaspora. Her work has been featured on NPR, 99% Invisible, the BBC as well as other outlets. Before The Stoop, she was an editor at Al Jazeera's podcast network and worked on creating and editing award winning narrative driven journalism. She began her career in journalism at KALW where she worked as a health care and criminal justice reporter. During that time she contributed as an editor, taught audio storytelling to inmates at San Quentin, and helped develop curriculum for training upcoming reporters.