February 18, 2025
The Podcast series will include commentary, interviews, audience feedback, and conversations in response to The Half-God of Rainfall. Each episode is hosted by MAP facilitators Dwight Dunston and Toby Fraser.
EPISODE 1 – EPISODE 2 –There are FIVE EPISODES in this series—stay tuned!
YOU can text or leave a voice message at (856) 283-2116 with responses to THE HALF-GOD OF RAINFALL – and may just hear your message on the next episode!
MAP member Dwight Dunston leads the creation of musical responses to the themes of The Half-God of Rainfall in this EP. Joining Dwight in the studio is Nigerian beat maker DJ Afrvbz and multi-instrumentalist Martronimous. All three musicians currently live in West Philadelphia.
Our Community Partner’s are part of a new program generously funded by the William Penn Foundation called The Accessible Productions Initiative (API). API invites partner organizations into a production’s process to observe and share their reflections with the creative team. Then, we work with the partner organization to create engaging supplemental materials and creative responses to the play, which are shared with our broader audience.
For The Half-God of Rainfall, our Community Partner is the Masculinity Action Project (MAP). MAP’s work is centered around unlearning Toxic Masculinity and channeling that energy into collective action in support of gender justice and creating new versions of masculinity.
MAP joined a special session with the cast, sharing a lesson plan about Power and Patriarchy. This plan was also shared with Wilma teaching artists to use as part of this year’s Wilmagination residency work, which centers on Half-God, in 11 classrooms throughout Philadelphia. Additionally, MAP members created a podcast series and a music EP based on themes from the show which will be shared throughout February. We hope that these materials will provide a way to meet the play and sit more deeply with its questions.
