WITHIN REACH at Darkhorse Theatre – Nashville, TN

✨ WITHIN REACH ✨ An encore powerful of WITHIN REACH at the Shades of Black Theatre Festival, after making its premiere at the Kindling Arts Festival.

WITHIN REACH is a powerful new work that centers the voices of Nashvillians with lived experience of incarceration. Conceived and directed by theater-maker and activist Shawn Whitsell created in collaboration with an ensemble of artists impacted by the carceral system including visual artist and photographer Jima Akhenjah-Weaver and playwright Bobby Robertson, this urgent new work offers an unflinching look at the systemic injustices of the prison industrial complex and a deeply moving celebration of the resilience of the human spirit. Told through firsthand stories, Within Reach invites audiences to witness the resourcefulness, creativity, and unbreakable strength of people too often pushed to the margins. This revelatory new live performance builds a temporal bridge between the free and incarcerated worlds and urgently reminds us that no one is beyond reach. ️ Writers: Bobby Robertson, Varia Merritt, Terrancé Akins, Andru Pritchett, Dee Hammonds, Ashlee Sellars Performers: Jalen Dukes, Leonard Ledford III, Terrancé Akins, Dee Hammonds, Pa(i)ge Hodge Featuring original art by Jima Akhenjah-Weaver Sunday, September 7th at 3PM | Darkhorse Theater #WithinReach #ShadesofBlackTheatreFestival #FortunesAndFates #NashvilleTheatre #JusticeThroughArt #SystemicChange #SupportLocalArtists