@harpersbazaarus “The world is falling apart. It feels like we’re the Antrobus family in Thornton Wilder’s "The Skin of Our Teeth," somehow going about our lives while a shift in a geological epoch or two rages just outside. Coup hearings bookmark a yearslong pandemic. A SCOTUS opinion ending the constitutional protection of the right to abortion. An electric-car edgelord who was supposed to save the planet with style and batteries has proved to be more Wizard of Oz than science-fiction messiah. Yet there is reason for hope. So sayeth artists making their way through the existential muck of life,” @sorayamcdonald writes. “For artists, a season of renewal after a forced fallow period has made way for hope, a precious natural resource when the world feels in peril.” In our August 2022 issue, 12 performers, including Mikhail Baryshnikov, @questlove and @blackthought @maggierogers members of the @dancetheatreofharlem @suttonlenore @devhynes and more talk to #SorayaNadiaMcDonald about returning to the stage. — Photographer: @jodyrogac Stylist: @zaraeloise Hair: @mattbenns Makeup: @laurastiassni Manicure: @nailsbymamie using @chanel.beauty @welovecoco @seemanagement Nail assistant: @icenailedit For Thompson and Trotter Grooming: @darien267 Hair: @elliott_brian Makeup: @mariascali Set Design: @jujujerni Video Producer: @amandadimartino Director of Photography: @ryandevita Video Editor: Shirley Cheng Entertainment Director: @angcutt Story by: @sorayamcdonald Special thanks to @pleasespace