Unpacking Longview
Unpacking Longview
Unpacking Longview is a performance about public school desegregation, family legacies, and East Texas identity. Written and performed by Elizabeth M. Melton, the performance dramatizes Elizabeth’s research into the long process of desegregating Longview Independent School District. Audiences join her as she unpacks and re-presents her hometown's history using oral histories, news clippings, family stories, and other treasures. Through oral histories, Elizabeth’s story as a hometown researcher, and the over-the-top wise fool, Texas Melt, the performance unpacks the fragmented history of race relations in East Texas.
This event will be presented as a staged reading, which is a stripped-down performance style that focuses on the script, storytelling, and the performers' connection with the audience rather than elaborate sets or costumes. A staged reading is an opportunity to experience the heart of a play in an intimate, up-close way, and to engage directly with the ideas and questions at the core of the performance.
To reserve your seats, you will need to complete the registration form. Please copy and paste the link to the google form in a new tab. Registration is free. Please keep in mind that our black box seating is very limited, so we humbly request that you commit to attending the show if you reserve a ticket. Please arrive 30 minutes early to check in at the will call desk.
All tickets must be checked 30 minutes before the event begins. We will release unchecked tickets to the general public 10 minutes before the show starts. There is no late seating.
Directions to the Communication Studies Black Box Theater
The Communication Studies Black Box Theater is located at 225 S. Ave B Denton Tx 76201 in the General Academic Building room 321.
If you are not familiar with the UNT campus, navigating parking and directions can be a bit tricky so please give yourself plenty of time.
The easiest way is to park in the public slots along West Hickory Street and walk to the GAB. Along West Hickory there is street parking in front of CVS/Old Jack In The Box/ Voertman's & Aura Coffee. Find a spot along that block and then walk towards the intersection of W. Hickory & Ave B. From there it is a straight shot into campus and to the GAB. The Black Box is located on the third floor of the GAB in room 321.
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