Hip Hop Theater Festival presenters Lemon Andersen's County of Kings
Meiyin Wang
Hip-Hop Theater Festival presents
County
of Kings: The Beautiful Struggle
Written
and performed by Lemon Anderson
Developed and directed by Elise Thoron
Monday, September 29 :: 7 PM
County of Kings: The Beautiful Struggle is Lemon Anderson's personal memoir turned story for the stage. Anderson is a critically acclaimed renaissance man, with the most aired episodes on HBO's Def Poetry, as well as being an original cast member and Tony Award winner for writing and starring in Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. County of Kings: The Beautiful Struggle is a production of The American Place Theatre's Literature to Life Arts Education Program, led by Artistic Director Wynn Handman and Executive Director David Kener.
Tickets: $10
4th Street Theater :: New York Theatre Workshop :: 83 East 4th
Street :: NY
www.hhtf.org
Eight years strong, the Hip-Hop Theater Festival returns to its hometown NYC with a line-up featuring the leaders in the field mashing up Hip-Hop and Theater. From Marc Bamuthi Joseph's global multi-media jam theater experience the break/s to Danny Hoch's latest tour-de-force Taking Over, an ode to New York City, and its ever-changing landscape. In between, the Festival will showcase the up-and-coming works of emerging artists such as Lemon, muMs, Baba Israel, Rudi Goblen and Nicole Klaymoon. As always, the Hip-Hop Theater Festival will bring the stories of a generation whose fierce eye focuses towards the clarion that Hip-Hop is a thriving cultural force.
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Up next at HHTF:
The New York City Hip-Hop Theater Festival 2008
September 23 - October 11
Skirball Center for Performing Arts
New York Theatre Workshop and more
www.hhtf.org
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Elz Cuya
External Affairs Director
Hip-Hop Theater Festival
57 Thames Street, #4B
Brooklyn, NY 11237
e...@hhtf.org
718 497 4282
