Sep 25 – Oct 29, 2017 (The Flea Theater, New York)
“Now what you hear is not a test/I’m rapping to the beat!”
Gordon wants to learn how to rap, thinking it will gain him respect, admiration, and the attention of a beautiful woman. What he doesn’t know is that his journey to learn how to rhyme will take him not just deeper into Hip Hop, but deeper into his legacy and his purpose. Based on true events, NSangou Njikam leads us on a lyrical voyage to discover what it really takes to freestyle.
October 10, 2019 (Berliner Festspiele, Berlin)
June 28 – 30, 2018 (Barbican, London)
June 2 – 9, 2018 (Kimmel Center, Philadelphia)
Mar 15 – 24, 2018 (The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles)
Sep 15 – 24, 2017 (Curran, San Francisco)
Oct 11 – 20, 2017 (Melbourne Festival, Australia)
We take to the road (and air) to bring this radical fairy realness ritual across continents and oceans.
A 24-hour music theater work about how communities are built as a result of being torn apart. Consisting of over 246 songs–some original and many pre-existing popular songs (popular in the US from 1776 to the present day)–as well as over thirteen hours of original text, the work is a deconstruction, reimagining, reframing, and reenactment of 240 years of US history.
Hailed as a Ring Cycle for the 21st century, A 24-Decade History will be seen outside the US for the first time in Melbourne. Part celebration and part exorcism, it’s a no-holds-barred extravaganza of music, history, performance and art.