SIX CORNERS BACKSTAGE GUIDE 3 Note from Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside ..............................................................................Page 4 Note from Playwright Keith Huff .........................................................................................................Page 5 Designers’ Corner: “The Backstory” with Lindsay Jones ......................................................................Page 6 Designers’ Corner: Research and Sketches ..........................................................................................Page 7 Important Locations in Six Corners .................................................................................................Pages 8-9 “Chicago Police Routinely Trampled on Civil Rights” ..................................................................Pages 10-11 On-the-Job as a Female Police Officer ........................................................................................Pages 12-13 The Police, Public Trust, and Racial Profiling ...............................................................................Pages 14-15 How Can the Police Regain Public Trust? ....................................................................................Pages 16-17 “What to Do When You’re Called a Diversity Hire” ....................................................................Pages 18-19 “Women in Mostly Male Workplaces Exhibit Psychological Stress Response” .................................Page 19 About American Blues Theater ...................................................................................................Pages 20-21 BACKSTAGE Contributors Elyse Dolan Assistant Producer American Blues Theater with Gwendolyn Whiteside, Keith Huff, Lindsay Jones, and Alexander Ridgers © 2018 American Blues Theater. All rights reserved. TABLE OF CONTENTS