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What To Send Up When It Goes Down

Run Time:
One hour and 40 minutes
Ages: 16+
Closing: December 16, 2018

What To Send Up When It Goes Down - 2018 Off-Broadway History , Info & More

Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre
502 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019

WHAT TO SEND UP WHEN IT GOES DOWN is a community ritual created in response to the deaths of Black people as a result of racialized violence. As lines between characters and actors, observers and observed blur, a dizzying series of vignettes build to a climactic moment where performance and reality collide, highlighting the absurdity of anti-blackness in our society. Through facilitation and dialogue we must decide how to cope, resist and move forward.


What To Send Up When It Goes Down - 2018 - Off-Broadway Cast

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