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The Visitor: Listen, and Humanity Has a Fighting Chance.

The Visitor at The Public Theater bares the searing reality that the American government denies asylum seekers a safe haven. The adaptation…

6 min readNov 13, 2021

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The Visitor: Listen, and Humanity Has a Fighting Chance.

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Toussaint Jeanlouis

Pass Over : Passing Over Many Iterations of Black Liberation (again) for Unfound Indictments

Pass Over, written by Antoinette Nwandu, is a message about the Black Liberation Movement. The first work by a Black playwright at the…

6 min readDec 2, 2021

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Pass Over : Passing Over Many Iterations of Black Liberation (again) for Unfound Indictments

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Toussaint Jeanlouis

Can you Survive in a System that is Meant to Correct You but Doesn’t Protect You?

Lynn Clay Byrne’s play, Between the Bars: Memories from the Visit Room directed by Benjamin Viertel, at HERE Arts Center, invites us in for…

4 min readNov 20, 2021

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Can you Survive in a System that is Meant to Correct You but Doesn’t Protect You?

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Toussaint Jeanlouis

Jocelyn Bioh’s Merry Wives Is Poetic Justice

This masterful adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Merry Wives under the direction of Saheem Ali is a dream turned reality by a…

4 min readNov 20, 2021

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Jocelyn Bioh’s Merry Wives Is Poetic Justice

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Toussaint Jeanlouis

What to Consider Before Seeing ‘Pass Over’ on Broadway.

Many critics have spoken about Exodus, but they do not relate those stories, like many historians, to the liberation of Black people.

10 min readAug 21, 2021

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this morning I wondered if things start getting better just before you die. this is a thought that has reintroduced itself — in the middle of a good thing! : avoid disaster! I learned to kill my joy to prevent embarrassment for thinking = kill me now. I wanted to jump around because I was successful. My joy was an insult to my intelligence. Moments when scream and I have questioned the existence of god because I couldn’t fathom why god almighty would allow

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Toussaint Jeanlouis

After the Music Fades, Where do Black Souls Reside?

‘Shadow/Land’ Review: After the music fades, what remains of Black Legacy in America?

3 min readApr 15, 2021

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After the Music Fades, Where do Black Souls Reside?

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Toussaint Jeanlouis

Toussaint Jeanlouis

Actor, Director, Writer, Artist, Critic. Hope to engage in great discussions about Theatre, TV/Film, Health and Wellness, and Travel.

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