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It's Only a Paper Moon Hanging Over Immigration History

IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON HANGING OVER IMMIGRATION HISTORY is a multimedia performance that focuses on the creation of racial scripts in immigration history, and on how these scripts shaped American immigration history through both legal methods and extralegal violence. The performance explores how American came to be associated with assimilating into whiteness and how the color-line is the dominant border patrol story of United States immigration history. The performance returns to the darkness of the theater throughout the evening to explore with the audience the possibility of envisioning other scripts, cast/es and roles that would create a more equitable future.

This performance was created by Kirsten Wilson, award-winning theater director and performer, and Motus Theater Artistic Director. We are excited to have Jim Walker, Alexis Miles, and Anthony Salvo joining Wilson on stage for this performance. Walker is a lauded improvisational theater performer and the co-creator of the award-winning musical NORMAL HEIGHTS. Miles is a founding Motus Theater board member, and a performer in Motus Theater piece ROCKS KARMA ARROWS. Salvo is a jazz violinist, a teacher, and a composer based in Boulder County.

IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON HANGING OVER IMMIGRATION HISTORY will be presented at the Louisville Center for the Arts for *one evening only*: Saturday, September 30th, at 8PM. This is the last opportunity to attend IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON HANGING OVER IMMIGRATION HISTORY in 2017.

IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON HANGING OVER IMMIGRATION HISTORY is part of a larger exploration of immigration history called LETS ALL BE AMERICANS NOW. This project explores the role of race and class in immigration history, how immigration shaped American culture, and how evolving ideas about race shaped our view of who is American. How did one go from being an immigrant to becoming American? How did the concept of American come to mean White and English speaking? Who melted into the pot and who didnt? What were the costs and rewards of losing ones culture in order to pass as American? The project aims to create theater that uses humor and historical drama to challenge audience members notions about race and class, illuminates our complex immigration history, and re-imagines American identity.