Stand Up Nashville (a social and racial justice nonprofit advocating for quality jobs, affordable housing, and corporate accountability in Tennessee) is sponsoring an interactive, live theater performance of Dot’s Home Live, a play highlighting the systemic barriers to affordable housing that working-class families face every day. Other sponsors are equal partners: PowerSwitch Action and A Host of People.

The performance will take place at 6:30 pm, Saturday, July 27, at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Admission is free with an rsvp pass found at <www.tpac.org>.

Dot’s Home Live is a live theater performance, based on the award-winning video game Dot’s Home. It transforms a single-player experience into a collective one, where audience participation determines the outcome of the story. In the story, a young Black woman living in her grandmother’s beloved home travels through time to witness key moments in her family’s past, present, and future, where race, place, and home collide in difficult choices.

With the Metro public land statement recently released, the current fight against gentrification in South and North Nashville, and the ongoing housing crisis in this state (and the nation), this is a poignant moment for this meaningful work of art to make its way to our city. Press, community members facing housing insecurity, local elected officials, clergy, organizers, and activists have been invited. We encourage you to utilize this opportunity with an ‘intersectional’ audience to capture the reality of Nashville’s current affordable housing crisis.

For further information about the production, contact Odessa Kelly at <odessak@standupnashville.org>.