Poetic Theater Productions is excited to announce our 9th annual festival, Poetic License: RENEWAL. In honor of a new decade, and in celebration of 10 years of poetic theater, this year’s festival takes place Wednesday, March 4th through Sunday, March 8th at the Wild Project, located at 195 East 3rd Street.
Our full festival lineup includes:
Wednesday, March 4th 8:00PM:
Breaking Our Silence: Shaping Our Future showcasing new works that explore the future of queer art and queer liberation, push the boundaries of genre and form, and dismantle oppressive ideologies
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Friday, March 6th 8:00PM:
The Brobot Adventure: Wrath of the Wackness presented in association with Hi-ARTS, Darian Dauchan’s follow up show to critically acclaimed The Brobot Johnson Experience, mixing beatboxing, vocal melodies, sound effects, and socially conscious lyrics in the genres of Hip Hop, Afrofuturism, and Afrobeat.
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Saturday, March 7th 2:00PM:
Veteran Voices is Poetic Theater Productions’ fifth annual showcase of poetry, readings, theater, and music written by military veterans highlighting their experiences inside and outside of the military
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Saturday, March 7th 8:00PM:
Poetic Lyricism: Body Language highlights new collaborative works of musical poetic theater co-presented with Musical Theatre Factory
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Sunday, March 8th 2:00PM:
Generation NOW! uncensored youth poetic theater showcase featuring the youth of Developing Artists Ensemble, Girl Be Heard, Urban Word NYC, viBe Theatre Experience, Co-Op Theatre East Youth Ensemble, EarSay Youth Voices, Climate Museum, and City Lore’s Urban Explorers
Throughout the festival:
The art gallery features visual artists whose work explores concepts of renewal. Jennie West asks us to embrace the unknown. Jacqui Martinez encourages us to devote ourselves to what makes us feel most alive. Brys Peralta-Grant honors a national effort to revitalize pre-colonial language and culture. Daniel Marcellus Givens features black and brown figures becoming one with Spirit(s). An unclaimed piece from a combat paper workshop brings new abstract life to a material once used for war. And Ada Reso explores a spiritual relationship between otherwise discarded blood and bodies, society, and nature. We are honored to feature this art together at the Wild Project to reflect layers of personal and communal (or community-oriented) efforts to find and practice renewal. This artwork is located in the Wild Project’s gallery space and is open to the public before and after every performance as well as Monday through Friday 11:00 am to 6:00 pm.