RESPONSE 5

Performing artists include Sheri Bancroft, Orixa Bowers, Burton Bridges, Tbj Jones, Jenn King, Louisa Koeppel, Kristen Osborne Lucas, Wayne Smith, Erin D. H. Williams, and Micah Winter along with artist Marie Dennan, filmmaker Laura Jean Hocking, and Our Own Voice Theatre. Through RESPONSE 5, Up in Arms Collective hopes to empower and leave others empowered. Art has the power to change us all and transform the world. Choreographer Louisa Koeppel, who is busy creating a new work that explores the Shel Silverstein poem, “Hungry Mungry,” a children’s poem about a man who eats the world, says, “Art and Performance lift us out of loneliness, rouse us into hope, and help us find perspective.” Join us for a collective cry and laugh! Up in Arms Collective presents RESPONSE 5 on Friday-Sunday, September 5-7, 2025, at its new location, TheatreSouth at First Congo, 1000 S. Cooper, in Memphis, TN. All performances begin at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $20 cash only and available at the door. Seating is general admission and on a first come, first serve basis. To find out more about RESPONSE 5, like Up in Arms Collective on Facebook. Donations will be made to Mid-South Immigration Advocates, OUTMemphis, and Planned Parenthood – Memphis. ####