DAHLAK BRATHWAITE: TRY/STEP/TRIP
Lovelace Studio Theater
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DAHLAK BRATHWAITE: TRY/STEP/TRIP

Theater

Feb 2, 2023 - Feb 5, 2023

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Try/Step/Trip is a spoken-word, multi-character musical performed through the language of step dance. The story follows the journey of an anonymous narrator as he reimagines his experience in a court-ordered drug rehabilitation program. Inspired by Brathwaite’s own history, Try/Step/Trip layers characters, poetic verse, and dialogue over music to create a theatrical piece that blurs the lines between hip-hop and dramatic performance. Try/Step/Trip emerges from the belief that the subjugation of Black people is an American ritual; that the criminal justice system now functions as a normalized rite of passage for too many young Black males.

Read the cast and creative biographies here.

Originally developed, commissioned, and made possible by CalArts Center for New Performance.

American Sign Language interpretation will be provided at the Sunday, February 5th 2:30 PM performance.
 
WARNING: This show uses strong language and references struggles with addiction.
 


CAST
Dahlak Brathwaite, Jasmine T.R. Gatewood, Freddy Ramsey, Jr., Dante Rossi, Max Udell

WITH SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMANCE BY Isaiah Lucas

WRITTEN & COMPOSED BY Dahlak Brathwaite
DIRECTED BY Roberta Uno
CHOREOGRAPHED BY Toran X. Moore
ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHY BY Freddy Ramsey, Jr.
ORCHESTRATIONS & ADDITIONAL COMPOSITIONS BY Teak Underdue
 

RUNNING TIME: 80 minutes, no intermission
 


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