Theater is one of our oldest and most important art practices and it has the ability to open up a person, to change them, to give them hope, knowledge and wisdom. The Dominican-American author recently spoke to The Uptown Collective ahead of the ceremony, addressing topics as varied as the PTP’s work, Donald Trump and his criticism of his native country’s ongoing treatment of Haitians.ĭíaz praised PTP’s work in the predominantly Latino (specifically Dominican-American) neighborhood of Washington Heights, which he said has been traditionally ignored by arts organizations:Ĭommunities like ours have historically been under-served by arts organizations and when we’re talking about the Heights there’s no question that not enough of our young people have access to the performing arts. The People’s Theatre Project ( PTP), a community theater and social justice organization in New York City, will honor literary giant Junot Díaz at a ceremony on June 21.
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