Behind the scenes at The Drawing Center: Artist Pope.L is developing a performance work using the 1858 William Wells Brown play "The Escape; Or a Leap to Freedom,” the first published play by an African-American writer. The final piece, which will integrate drawing and performance, is planned for Winter 2018. This week we held a workshop of the script, partially rewritten by Pope.L, with actors Ray Anderson, Jim Fletcher, Alenka Kraigher, and Clarinda Mac Low, and cellist/composer Lester St Louis. #performance #PopeL Photo: Left to right: Performers with Pope.L (in red). Photo by Hal Horowitz.