JBF Bookend: Rachel Beanland – “The House Is On Fire”
The J, Staenberg Family Complex, Arts & Education Building 2 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, MO, United StatesThe House Is On Fire tells the story of the 1811 Richmond Theater Fire from the perspective of four integrous characters—two Black and enslaved, two white and imminently more protected—none of whom experience the world from a place of institutional authority. Set on the night after Christmas, the place was packed as Placide & Green […]