716 Voices

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 affected 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