Encore Performance for Marc Raby, Birmingham Playwright

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Encore Performance for Marc Raby, Birmingham Playwright

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times The COVID-19 pandemic has been more than a health crisis for many across the Birmingham metro area. Creatives and artists have been suffering, as well, and Marc Raby, director of the Encore Theatre and Gallery in East Birmingham, has spent the past month helping the best way he knows []

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