The Parable Path Special Event

Performance Dates

February 20 - April 2, 2023

Location

PNC Theatre

What is the Parable Path?

The Parable Path is Toshi Reagon’s framework for community organizing through artistic engagement, connected to her musical adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower. See the performances March 30 – April 2 at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. 

The Pittsburgh Parable Path is created in partnership with The Black Unicorn Library and Archive Project, City of Asylum, Dreams of Hope, Equity | Impact Center, Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, and NEXT Pittsburgh. These organizations and events reflect the action and advocacy for change around sustainability, freedom, and belonging. Our Path is ever evolving.

Events currently programmed are as follows:

Opening Reception Monday Feb 20^th 5pm – 7pm at Equity | Impact Center ft. DJ FEMI, Diarra Imani, and Alonzo King Lines. Register: https://pp.events/parablepath

The Black Unicorn Library & Point Park Reads: Parable of the Sower Book Discussion. Virtual, ongoing. A novel reading group in partnership with The Black Unicorn Library and Archive Project.

• Preshow novel discussion on Sunday, March 26^th at 4pm, virtually on Zoom. RSVP HERE.
• Post show novel adaptation discussion on April 2^nd at 4:00pm at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. Heavy appetizers will be provided.

A Fierce Debut of Young Adult Afrofuturism with Moses Ose Utomi
March 12 3:00PM at City of Asylum/Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue

Register for this free event: https://cityofasylum.org/program/a-fierce-debut-of-ya-afrofuturism/

Sunstar Festival at Kelly Strayhorn Theater
Saturday, March 18^th at 8PM

Tickets: https://kelly-strayhorn.org/events/sunstar-festival-2023/ 

Queerness and Nature Walk with Ginger Brooks Takahashi, hosted by Dreams of Hope
March 25^th at 2:00PM in Schenley Park

Learn more: https://www.dreamsofhope.org/event-details/march-walk

Click here for tickets to the performances of Parable of the Sower