Kuumba Lynx: 'Educatin' Energy' @ Steppenwolf May 22nd

Steppenwolf Theatre Company continues its 2008 Traffic Series with  Kuumba Lynx: Educatin' Energy – Thursday, May 22, 2008 in the Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St.
 
Fusing literary and performance art with music and movement (including fresh new footworkin' – the made-in-Chicago dance craze), Kuumba Lynx presents an evening of engaging hip-hop theater. The organization strives to empower Chicago's youth by developing programs that preserve, promote and present urban (hip-hop) culture, both as an artistic aesthetic and as a social justice movement.
 
The recent winner of Young Chicago Author's Louder Than A Bomb 2008 poetry slam, Kuumba Lynx is an arts-in-education, not-for-profit organization working to provide access to cross-cultural and interdisciplinary arts while building community. Kuumba Lynx performances strive to meet the ISP goals for Fine Arts and Social Sciences.
 
 
Title:                            Kuumba Lynx: Educatin' Energy
Location:                     Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre
Dates:                          Thursday, May 22, 2008
Curtain Times:             7:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. student matinee*)
Ticket price:                $20 ($8.50 student matinee*)
Audience Services:       1650 N. Halsted, 312-335-1650
                                  Online ticketing available at www.steppenwolf.org
 
*Tickets for the student matinee performance of Kuumba Lynx must be booked through Steppenwolf's Education Coordinator – call 312-654-5639 to schedule a field trip.

"Traffic continues Steppenwolf's season-long conversation about what it means to be an American – this time with a decidedly made-in-Chicago focus. Traffic provides a vibrant platform for dialogue between our multi-generational audience and an eclectic pool of artists," comments Director of the Traffic Arts Series, Sylvia Ewing. "Traffic provides the opportunity for Steppenwolf to be a place where people come together for an experience that bridges entertainment and discovery, the familiar and the unknown."

Steppenwolf's Traffic Series brings together artists of all disciplines and casts them as storytellers in one night only presentations on the Steppenwolf stage. Traffic provides an intimate and unique intersection of language, lyrics, poetry and music, creating a fresh perspective on expressing the American story.
 
Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ 91.5 FM) records various one-night only Traffic events for later broadcast as part of its partnership with Steppenwolf.
 
Steppenwolf is located near all forms of public transportation and is wheelchair accessible. Street and lot parking are available. Assistive listening devices are available for every performance.
 
Committed to the principle of ensemble performance through the collaboration of a company of actors, directors and playwrights, Steppenwolf Theatre Company's mission is to advance the vitality and diversity of American theater by nurturing artists, encouraging repeatable creative relationships and contributing new works to the national canon.  The company, formed in 1976 by a collective of actors, is dedicated to perpetuating an ethic of mutual respect and the development of artists through on-going group work.  Steppenwolf has grown into an internationally renowned company of forty-one artists whose talents include acting, directing, playwriting, filmmaking and textual adaptation. 

The Kuumba Lynx Performance Ensemble.  From left to right: Keith Redmond, Duran Williams, Davonte Williams and Shannon Mullen.
Photo by: alBerto Treviño

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