# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Chandra Hopkins: A Celebration of Southern Stages
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for a celebration of Chandra Owenby Hopkins's new book Southern Stages: Space and Memory in U.S. Performance.About this EventJoin us for a celebration of Chandra Owenby Hopkins's new book Southern Stages: Space and Memory in U.S. Performance.This is a free event. If you would like to purchase Southern Stages, please be aware that copies of the book will only be available by pre-ordering them via Eventbrite. About the BookThrough the eyes of actors and everyday people, Southern Stages offers an engaging new model for interrogating the performance of southernness, as well as how memory and imagination intersect in spaces that have shaped hundreds of years of American history. Chandra Owenby Hopkins employs cultural memory and lived realities of Black and white communities to examine the earliest and most enduring southern stages: the playhouse and the public square.Each day, countless southerners pass symbols and monuments dedicated to white supremacy and the “Old South”: statues, cemeteries, plantations, downtown squares, and even regional theatre stages. Some may only glance at them, ignorant to their history, while others recall the physical and psychological trauma embedded by generations of enslavement.Through the eyes of actors and everyday people, Southern Stages offers an engaging new model for interrogating the performance of southernness, as well as how memory and imagination intersect in spaces that have shaped hundreds of years of American history. Chandra Owenby Hopkins employs cultural memory and lived realities of Black and white communities to examine the earliest and most enduring southern stages: the playhouse and the public square.About the AuthorChandra Owenby Hopkins is associate professor of theatre and dean of the Converse College for Women at Converse University. Her work has appeared in Theatre Journal, Theatre History Studies, and Theatre Survey. Hopkins lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/spartanburg/chandra-hopkins-a-celebration-of-southern-stages/100001977395863257
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre, literary-art, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 100.74, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Spartanburg
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Hub City Writers Project
- **lat**: 34.948987
- **long**: -81.934463
- **full address**: Hub City Writers Project, 186 W Main St, Spartanburg, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Chandra Hopkins: A Celebration of Southern Stages being held?
  - **A:** Chandra Hopkins: A Celebration of Southern Stages takes place on Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Hub City Writers Project, 186 W Main St, Spartanburg, United States.
- **Q**: How much do tickets cost for Chandra Hopkins: A Celebration of Southern Stages?
  - **A:** Tickets for Chandra Hopkins: A Celebration of Southern Stages are priced at USD 101 per person. Here's a full breakdown of available ticket types:Ticket TypePriceAvailabilityRSVP (No Book Included)FreeAvailableRSVP with Book PurchaseUSD 101 + USD 6 feeAvailable
- **Q**: Who is organizing Chandra Hopkins: A Celebration of Southern Stages?
  - **A:** Chandra Hopkins: A Celebration of Southern Stages is organized by Hub City Writers Project.

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