{"id":4471,"date":"2015-04-21T13:34:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T20:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/?p=4471"},"modified":"2015-06-11T17:40:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T00:40:42","slug":"boom-arts-presents-she-is-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/archives\/boom-arts-presents-she-is-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Boom Arts presents She Is King"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">May 28 &#8211; June 7 at Coho Theatre<\/span><\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Hilarious, heartbreaking theatre on the triumphs and struggles of tennis legend Billie Jean King.\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4464\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4464\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4464 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/16603234224_75f0750c60_b-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"16603234224_75f0750c60_b\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/16603234224_75f0750c60_b-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/16603234224_75f0750c60_b-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/16603234224_75f0750c60_b.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">She Is King, Katherine Brook, credit Laryssa Husiak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;[Billie Jean King] seems to morph from tennis star to feminist hero before our eyes.\u201d <span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0&#8212;<i>The New York Times<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGirls in sports today can&#8217;t imagine there was a time when they didn&#8217;t have opportunities, just like you and I can&#8217;t imagine a time when women couldn&#8217;t vote.\u00a0 But we have to know our history. It&#8217;s time to re-awaken people.\u201d\u00a0<span style=\"color: #808080;\">&#8212; Teri Mariani, Former Softball Coach and Administrator, Portland State University, in <i>The Oregonian<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boomarts.org\">Tickets online at www.boomarts.org<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Boom Arts presents the West Coast premiere of\u00a0She is King, a hilarious, heartbreaking\u00a0multimedia documentary theatre\u00a0production about pioneering American woman athlete and tennis legend\u00a0Billie Jean King. In\u00a0<i>She Is King<\/i>,\u00a0acclaimed Minneapolis-based creator\/performer Laryssa Husiak and New York director Katherine Brook\u00a0recreate a series of King&#8217;s real television interviews from the 1970s\u2014complete with period\u00a0video technologies, fake potted plants, and hairdos true to their time.\u00a0As the cameras roll, we witness King\u2019s resilience and courage as she boldly breaks the glass ceiling for women in sports amid rampant gender bias. Don\u2019t miss this unique occasion to celebrate this true American hero and pass on an important part of women\u2019s and sports history to up-and-coming generations. Post-show discussions with special guests from across the community will follow each performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u2767\u2767<br \/>\n<i>Boom Arts&#8217; presentation of\u00a0She is King\u00a0is generously sponsored by Don &amp; Mary Blair and Harold Goldstein &amp; Carol Streeter. \u00a0Major project support comes from the Oregon Community Foundation, Oregon Humanities, the Regional Arts &amp; Culture Council, Work for Art, the Multnomah County Cultural Coalition, and the Oregon Cultural Trust. Fiscal Sponsor: CoHo Productions. 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