The Creator's Lab Workshop #2

​Open to students, emerging writers, and professionals, this series of writing workshops invite New Yorkers across all five boroughs to grapple with the Revolution’s contradictions – a fight for liberty in a society where enslavement remained legal. Through thought-provoking prompts and community dialogue, participants will explore themes of freedom, displacement, and identity in Revolutionary-era New York. “Battle in the Margins” is a new theatrical project collaboration between OPRHP and Black Gotham Experience exploring Black life in New York City during the American Revolution. Developed through a series of original one-act, ten-minute plays, this project centers the African Diaspora’s experiences, resistance, and role in shaping early American history – shining a light on stories often left out of the nation’s founding narrative. The productions will premiere this September 19th at FDR Four Freedoms State Park.

​The Creator's Lab activation is curated by Rashid Littlejohn, Founder of New Negro Republic, as part of the Lab’s broader mission to preserve Negro life and thought while creating space for historical dialogue, writing, and cultural production.

​Directions:

​Take Staten Island Ferry to St. George Terminal. Transfer in the terminal to the (LOCAL) SIR (Staten Island Railroad), one stop to Tompkinsville.

​Enter in the first cart in the back. When you exit, look towards the street for 4 Minthorne. You will need to use a metro-card that gives a transfer to exit.

​Transportation to the main event on September 19th at Four Freedoms State Park: Take S62 Bus via Victory Blvd to the St. George Ferry Terminal. Ride the Staten Island Ferry to Whitehall Terminal, and hop on the W at Whitehall-South Ferry to 34th St. Herald Square. Finally, transfer to the M train to Roosevelt Island. A scenic walk or the "Red Bus" from Main St. to Southpoint Park will bring you to Four Freedoms State Park.