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Un-Rapping O'Neill
Richmond High School students, in collaboration with East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, present Un-Rapping O'Neill, a modern adaptation of Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night.
In Un-Rapping O'Neill, students from Richmond High School unravel the themes of isolation, addiction, and forgiveness from O'Neill's masterpiece and connect these to the challenges and anxieties of communities in Richmond, CA. Director Eugenia Ives explores these connections in a production that brings new poetic energy to the classic play by weaving beat boxing, rap, and break dancing into the storytelling.
Students from East Bay Center for the Performing Arts' Young Artists Diploma Program will open the event with a short musical performance.
Details:
When: December 6th, 7pm
Where: East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, 339 11th Street, Richmond, CA 94801
Tickets: Admission is free, advance reservations are strongly advised and are available here.
Information: Visit www.eastbaycenter.org or call 510-221-6353
This production was made possible through the generous support of the National Park Foundation. The Foundation offers students opportunities to explore the relevance of national parks, such as Tao House, Eugene O'Neill's residency in Danville, CA.
About East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
Founded in 1968, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts engages youth and young adults in imagining and creating new worlds for themselves and new visions for their communities through the inspiration and discipline of rigorous training in world performance traditions.
We at East Bay Center for the Performing Arts passionately believe in the power of art to create beauty and new ways of seeing the world. We believe in the ability of the performing arts to give voice to the silent, to unite peoples of diverse backgrounds, and to help realize the fullest potential of communities and the individuals who live in them. We affirm the importance of connecting the creative and uplifting powers of the arts with children and youth who in their daily lives must contend with systemic poverty, violence, and other barriers to peace, justice, and prosperity. We welcome all who find resonance with and are committed to these beliefs.
Our programs serve more than 3,500 children, youth and young adults each year. We offer diverse youth and young adults opportunities to grow and excel as learners, creators of art, and contributors to their communities. We provide broad and strategic community-based and public school performing arts access programs; rigorous individual and ensemble training; an intensive four-year, interdisciplinary diploma program; internships; and commissions for new works of art. Our students, partners, and audiences deepen their experience and engagement with the life-affirming and community-building impact of music, theater, dance, and media-making from a critical selection of the world's great cultures.
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LocationEast Bay Center for the Performing Arts (View)
339 11th Street
Richmond, CA 94801
United States
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