Theater - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/theater/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Fri, 14 Jul 2023 04:04:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 The Pupil of the Eye: A Cosmic Hole to Unleash Black Girl Magic https://bahaiteachings.org/pupil-eye-cosmic-hole-black-girl-magic/ https://bahaiteachings.org/pupil-eye-cosmic-hole-black-girl-magic/#respond Fri, 14 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=81139 Little Girl: And me, I imagine myself a giantess, so tall I rise above the canopy of any atmosphere like helium. I’m so light but have been trapped underground —...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/pupil-eye-cosmic-hole-black-girl-magic/feed/ 0 How One Playwright Is Honoring Black Girlhood Stories https://bahaiteachings.org/playwright-honoring-black-girlhood-stories/ https://bahaiteachings.org/playwright-honoring-black-girlhood-stories/#respond Fri, 07 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=81093 Decades ago, at a time when there was a lot of violence in Washington, D.C., my mother’s friend asked an elementary school-aged Black girl what she wanted to be when...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/playwright-honoring-black-girlhood-stories/feed/ 0 See a Powerful Play and Alter Your Reality https://bahaiteachings.org/see-a-powerful-play-and-alter-your-reality/ https://bahaiteachings.org/see-a-powerful-play-and-alter-your-reality/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:00:25 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=73580 One film or novel or play or public art exhibition can affect a person for the rest of their life, and perhaps set them on a new path they hadn’t...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/great-educational-power-drama-mental-health/feed/ 1 One Dramatic Symbol in Abdu’l-Baha’s Play https://bahaiteachings.org/one-dramatic-symbol-in-abdul-bahas-play/ https://bahaiteachings.org/one-dramatic-symbol-in-abdul-bahas-play/#respond Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=68431 No head of any major global religion had ever written a play before — until Abdu’l-Baha, the leader of the world’s Baha’is, revealed The Drama of the Kingdom in 1913....

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/one-dramatic-symbol-in-abdul-bahas-play/feed/ 0 Abdu’l-Baha’s Play: The Drama of the Kingdom https://bahaiteachings.org/abdul-bahas-play-drama-of-the-kingdom/ https://bahaiteachings.org/abdul-bahas-play-drama-of-the-kingdom/#respond Sun, 31 Jan 2021 16:00:19 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=68315 Have you ever seen a play or a film that moved you to tears, that made your heart swell with emotion? The Baha’i teachings praise the powerful role of drama...

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