Poetry

Gia Scott-Heron, daughter of the Icon and Legend and a fierce band of spoken word artists are spittin' fire and blazin' stages with the powerful intensity of truth from the GODFATHER OF RAP whose timeless words reflect life with a satirical edge told in the tradition of Oral Poetry and Storytelling.

Anna Akhmatova, a Russian poet, lived from the fall of the Tsars to the rise of Stalin. We follow her path of grief and perseverance as she fights for the little light she has left in her life and marks what is going on around her. In a nation of the voiceless, she gave her people a voice.

Through awe-inspiring poetry, deep expressions of movement, and thought-provoking monologues, witness and be transformed as Babygirl time travels, receiving messages of healing and hope from an elder Mother, Spirit guides, and letter writing with the ancestors.

Experience Edgar Allan Poe’s signature dark, dismal, and depressing side. And also his little-known humorous side, when we take poetic license in imagining him doing parodies of himself! Also includes live music, a song about Poe, a clown raven dream dance, and Poe’s tribute to … Bob Dylan??

Ben Kassoy brings poems from his spectacularly original book to life in this solo show. Bursting with humor, heart, and defiant wonder in the face of anxiety, The Funny Thing About A Panic Attack uses theater, dance, and poetry to reveal the connections between art, mental health, and pancakes.