Review: Hammer Ensemble’s ‘Lockdown’ – Gun Violence as a Symptom of Cultural Division

By Alan Sherrod   At the beginning of the Hammer Ensemble’s Lockdown at the Flying Anvil Theatre, the ensemble of seven actors don metaphorical animal skins and masks suggesting early human beings, then depict a struggle for intercultural power in…

The Hammer Ensemble Launches With ‘The Pall: In the Shadows of Human Trafficking’

“Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.” —Attributed to Bertolt Brecht That concept forms the basis for the Hammer Ensemble, Flying Anvil Theatre’s performance wing dedicated to social justice issues.…

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