T. Jones News

Sleep will make its world premiere, October 27-28, at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Pennsylvania and will have its New York premiere at BAM Fisher as part of the 2017 Next Wave Festival, November 29 - December 2.

Today's guest is Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Marc is a spoken-word poet, dancer, and playwright who frequently directs stand alone hip-hop theater plays and was named Dance Magazine's 2017 top influencer. This episode we talk about his childhood, his new show 'Palota' and how he feels art creates change in society.

TheaterLab TLAB SHARES and Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup present the world premiere of A MY NAME IS , an exploration of memory and forgetting inspired by the choreographer's personal encounter with a family member's dementia.

TimeLine Theatre Company announces a three-week extension of its acclaimed Chicago premiere production of THE AUDIENCE by Peter Morgan, directed by TimeLine Associate Artistic Director Nick Bowling and starring TimeLine Company Member Janet Ulrich Brooks as Queen Elizabeth II.

/peh-LO-tah/by Marc Bamuthi Joseph and The Living Word Project, directed by Michael John Garces, with choreography by Stacey Printz, and composed by Tommy Shepherd, makes its New York debut this week, October 18-21 at the BAM Harvey Theater.

Sleep will make its world premiere, October 27-28, at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Pennsylvania and will have its New York premiere at BAM Fisher as part of the 2017 Next Wave Festival, November 29 - December 2.

/peh-LO-tah/by Marc Bamuthi Joseph and The Living Word Project, directed by Michael John Garces, with choreography by Stacey Printz, and composed by Tommy Shepherd, makes its New York debut this week, October 18-21 at the BAM Harvey Theater.

The American Dance Festival (ADF) will present the 2018 Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement to acclaimed choreographer, Ronald K. Brown. Established in 1981 by Samuel H. Scripps, the annual award honors choreographers who have dedicated their lives and talent to the creation of modern dance. Celebrated dancer, choreographer, and teacher Dianne McIntyre will present the $50,000 award in a brief ceremony on Thursday, June 28th at 8:00pm, prior to the performance of Evidence, A Dance Company at Reynolds Industries Theater.

'Stories by Hand,' Preeti Vasudevan's autobiographical solo that combines language, music and dance to tell its witty, poignant, and tragic stories, will receive its world premiere at New York Live Arts, November 2-4. Vasudevan's collaborators include Paul Kaiser (literary dramaturg), Robert Wiezel (lighting designer), and Paul Jacob (composer).

WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED, which made its NY debut in a pair of performances at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem last weekend, after its world premiere at Opera Philadelphia's O17 festival last month, is more than an opera or performance piece. And it sure as hell isn't an evening's entertainment. Composed by Daniel Bernard Roumarin with libretto by Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and directed, choreographed and shaped by Bill T. Jones, it is by turns incredibly moving and infuriatingly contemporary in a bold performance that I won't soon forget.

REAson d'etre dance productions proudly presents the world premiere of Men's Circle, a new dance-theatre work that delves into the stories of men in a therapy group.

A LETTER TO MY NEPHEW continues performances through October 7 at Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of the 2017 Next Wave Festival.

SITI Company, the internationally acclaimed ensemble theater, co-founded by famed American director Anne Bogart, showcases directed by SITI Co-Artistic Director Leon Ingulsrud.

O17, the inaugural edition of Opera Philadelphia's game-changing new annual season-opening festival, launched like a rocket earlier this month, trailing a blaze of critical and popular acclaim. Next Today, one of the three new operas that received its world premiere at the festival - We Shall Not Be Moved, a 'deeply moving' work (Washington Post) that 'succeeds on the level of art and not just polemic' (Opera News) - is set to make its New York premiere at Harlem's Apollo Theater (Oct 6 & 7).

ODC Theater will present the West Coast premiere of Kate Weare Company's MARKSMAN, October 5 - 7.

The Wilbury Theatre Group proudly announces the world premiere of New and Dangerous Ideas by internationally acclaimed playwright and poet Christopher Johnson, directed by Christopher Johnson and Wilbury Artistic Director Josh Short.

O17, the inaugural edition of Opera Philadelphia's game-changing new annual season-opening festival, launched like a rocket earlier this month, trailing a blaze of critical and popular acclaim. Next Friday, one of the three new operas that received its world premiere at the festival - We Shall Not Be Moved, a 'deeply moving' work (Washington Post) that 'succeeds on the level of art and not just polemic' (Opera News) - is set to make its New York premiere at Harlem's Apollo Theater (Oct 6 & 7).

New York Live Arts, under the artistic leadership of MacArthur Genius Award and National Medal of Arts awardee Artistic Director Bill T. Jones and Associate Artistic Director Janet Wong, announced the organization's 2017-2018 season today.

SITI Company, the internationally acclaimed ensemble theater, co-founded by famed American director Anne Bogart, showcases directed by SITI Co-Artistic Director Leon Ingulsrud.

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF), the not-for-profit foundation of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, announces its first annual 'SDC Foundation Awards: A Celebration of Excellence in Directing and Choreography.'