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With conVERGEnce, Verge Theater Company Imagines a More Equitable Theater Industry The online discussion series continues on March 15 Tweet Lisa Troi Thomas, Daniel Jones and Beth Thielman A play ends. The lights come on. Spectators gather their belongings. And then, a crew member brings several chairs onstage, and the actors and director come walking out.  Shit, you think. Can I get out of here without anyone noticing? You’ve just entered a talkback — the post-play discussion that you never asked for, but nonetheless keeps happening.  Tessa Bryant has worked on...

Tweet Pete Meenen and the Tennesseans We Lost to COVID-19 The state’s first resident claimed by a virus that went on to kill many more On March 21, the Brentwood Family YMCA shared the news that Pete Meenen, a greeter at the gym and community center for more than 20 years, had died. He was the first person in Tennessee to die from COVID-19.  “Perhaps few faces in a YMCA are as recognizable as the greeter who meets the morning faithful, the early risers who start their day with us when the Welcome Center is a little quieter than usual,” the Brentwood Y’s operations executive, ...