Who: James Scruggs, Kristin Marting
What: Screening of 2005 production and live Q&A
Where: HERE Arts Center Facebook page
When: Wednesday, June 10, free (donations accepted), 6:30
Why: In February 2005, James Scruggs’s Disposable Men debuted at HERE Arts Center, a one-man multimedia show that compared Hollywood monsters to African American men and examined the history of medical apartheid and the killing of black men with the support of the government, in a country dominated by white supremacy and mired in systemic racism. With the pandemic lockdown still in place and George Floyd protests continuing, HERE will be streaming the perhaps never-more-relevant Disposable Men June 10 at 6:30 on Facebook Live, followed by a discussion and Q&A with HARP artist Scruggs and HERE founding artistic director Kristin Marting, who was the presenter and producer of the original production. The show was created and written by Scruggs (Deepest Man, MELT!), who also did the video design; the lighting is by Chris Brown, sound by Jeremy Wilson, costumes by Patrice Busnel, video technical direction by Hal Eager, and score by Philip Pares.