Posted on | June 24, 2008 | No Comments
Culture Project invites you to special preview performances Expatriate!
EXPATRIATE is an electrifying exploration of black womanhood, sexuality, art and addiction, celebrating characters in the spirit of Nina Simone, Josephine Baker and the Hottentot Venus. A new play that combines poetic dialogue with realistic scenes and concert numbers, this all-vocal dramatic musical tells the story of two musicians who have to leave America in order to fulfill their American dreams.
Preview tickets are only $25 (normal ticket price $41)
Get $25 tickets to any performance of Expatriate when you use the code EXPCP26EB BEFORE JUNE 30!
Purchase tickets via www.cultureproject.org, or call the box office at (212) 925-1900.
Claudie and Alphine are sexy, sophisticated performing artists and oldest childhood friends. Fighting grief, homophobia and “the black glass ceiling,” they flee to Europe to realize their dreams of musical stardom. They support themselves as performers on the streets of Paris, and soon rise to fame and fortune as singing group “Black Venus.” But as Claudie and Alphine soon discover, for some Black artists living abroad, stardom comes at a steep price. With only a JamMan loop machine at their feet, real life rising stars Lenelle Moïse and Karla Mosley make playful and provocative music as they weave the story of Black Venus’s rise to fame.
Directed by Tamilla Woodard
Choreographed by Nicco Annan
Written and composed by Lenelle Moise
Starring Lenelle Moise and Karla Mosley
We hope to see you there!
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Culture Project
55 Mercer Street between Broome and Grand
New York, NY 10013
p:212.925.1806
f: 212.925.2531
www.cultureproject.org
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