The Downtown Urban Arts Festival begins its 22nd anniversary season, kicks off on Wednesday, June 12 and continues through Saturday, June 29 at Theatre Row.
The festival features new works by Tony Award Winner Savion Glover and Tony Award Nominee reg e gaines, along with new works by 16 of the nation’s emerging playwrights—all highlighting contemporary urban culture through nine shorts and seven one-acts.
FEATURED WORKS:
SoUNdZ.SaCRoSaNCt by Savion Glover
Friday June 21 at 9:30 PM and Saturday, June 22 at 9:30 PM
TIERS by reg e gaines
Friday, June 14 and Saturday June 15 at 8:00PM
B-BOY BLUES – 30th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of B-Boy Blues with James Earl Hardy
Saturday June 15, at 3:00 PM
PLAYS BY THE EMERGING PLAYWRIGHTS:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 at 8:00PM: A DISEASED FEELING by Tenaj Smith
Directed by Marie Diamond
Followed by:
COLLECTIVE EMPATHY FORMATION FROM 1968 AND 2018 by Calley N. Anderson
THURSDAY, JUNE 13 at 8:00 PM: TRITE AND TRUE by Jane M. Lee
Followed by
SEARCHING FOR ABUELO by Gretchen Suárez-Peña
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 at 8:00: PM LANGSTON USED by Alano P. Baez
Followed by:
RECORD by Eduardo Pavez Goye
THURSDAY, JUNE 20 at 8:00 PM: FINAL STRAW by Alan Stolzer
Followed by:
PEOPLE DON’T SHOOT UP SCHOOLS IN 1930 by Annie Brown
FRIDAY, JUNE 21 at 8:00 PM: SWEET LORRAINE by Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj
SATURDAY, JUNE 22 at 8:00 PM: SHAKE THE DISEASE by Leif Larson
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26 at 8:00 PM: EXTRAJUDICIAL by Sheila Duane
Followed by:
ON/OFF by Elizabeth Shannon
THURSDAY, JUNE 27 AT 8:00 PM: JESSIE’S BLUE by Brandice Peltier
Followed by:
SALT FLATS by Juan Ramirez, Jr.
FRIDAY, JUNE 28 AT 8:00 PM: SELF TAPE by Daniel Duren
SATURDAY, JUNE 29 at 8:00 PM: ONE WEEK FROM PARADISE by Cris Eli Blak
For more information and tickets, visit www.duafnyc.com
Theatre Row is located at 410 West 42nd Street, NYC
