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Ninja Turtles, Creative Arts Emmys and dramatizing Trayvon Martin

Lorenz Arnell and Kevin Yungman in a special DouglasPlus reading of “Facing Our Truth: Ten-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege,” presented at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre, July 13, 2014.  Photo by Ryan Miller of Capture Imaging. Contact: CTG Media@CenterTheatreGroup.or or (213) 972-7376.
Lorenz Arnell and Kevin Yungman in a special DouglasPlus reading of “Facing Our Truth: Ten-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege,” presented at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre, July 13, 2014. Photo by Ryan Miller of Capture Imaging. Contact: CTG Media@CenterTheatreGroup.or or (213) 972-7376.
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Our inaugural podcast looks at how artists respond to social and racial strife; the odd couple of Zach Galifianakis and President Obama wins a Creative Arts Emmys; and the roots of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles phenomenon.
Our inaugural podcast looks at how artists respond to social and racial strife; the odd couple of Zach Galifianakis and President Obama wins a Creative Arts Emmys; and the roots of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles phenomenon.

Our inaugural podcast looks at how artists respond to social and racial strife; the odd couple of Zach Galifianakis and President Obama wins a Creative Arts Emmys; and the roots of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles phenomenon.