*** THE FIRST 25 PEOPLE TO BUY TICKETS TO OPENING WEEK (FEB. 16TH-20TH) WILL GET A CD OF ALL ORIGINAL SONGS FROM ONE OF THE MANY TALENTED MUSIC ARTISTS IN THE SHOW!
Intersection for the Arts presents TREE CITY LEGENDS: the world premiere of a new performance by emerging playwright/musician Dennis Kim, directed by Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and the third installment of Intersection for the Arts' and Resident Theatre Company Campo Santo's Next series.
Tree City Legends is a multidisciplinary theater work that melds post-hip hop aesthetics, urban folklore, Korean traditional tales, live music, legend, and parable. It is all together, part bildungsroman, part blues song, and part Book of Jonah remix. Biblical imagery, multi-perspective narrative, and a sense of longing underpin the main character, Junie's story. These elements haunt Junie's rise and demise as a folk-singing sensation and eventual escapist. The bitter realities of the neighborhood block and a ghostly past loom in the background as a family of brothers struggles to make sense of a world that was not made with them in mind.
The piece expands beyond any specific Korean American experience and explores the profound feelings of rootlessness and abandonment of urban people of color, specifically Asian Pacific Islander American immigrants in tracing the lives of the Kane brothers.
Creative Collaborative Team: Alejandro Acosta Melvign Badiola Christina Dinkel Noelle Durant Ben Fisher Pak Han Tanya Orellana Joan Osato Darl Andrew Packard
Box Office opens 30 minutes before each performance. Sign our mailing list before each show to get the chance to win a free Dennis Kim or a Dirty Boots CD!
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Event Details
Dates
First:
Thursday Feb 16, 2012 8:00 PM
Last:
Saturday Mar 03, 2012 8:00 PM
Prices
Free - $25.00
Location
Intersection for the Arts (View Venue)
925 Mission St. Suite 109
San Francisco, CA 94103
United States
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