I was lucky enough to have attended the first Poetic License Festival and was amazed both by the creativity of the participants, and the way they integrated poetry into their works.
This year's festival promises more exciting work by new participants and several of those from last year, including Darian Dauchan, Caroline Rothstein, Takeo Rivera and Eboni Hogan.
The festival is in full swing. The remaining performances are:
Wednesday January 23rd
6PM 6@6 reading of The Will To Knowledge written by Takeo Rivera
8PM Breaking Our Silence featuring by Joanna Hoffman, Charan P Morris, Storm Thomas & Elliott D. Smith
Vibrant LGBTQ poets share their experiences of coming out, finding love and crashing through the barriers of shame and silence to emerge into a new world.
Thursday January 24th
6PM 6@6 reading of Love in a Time of Blood Quantum written by Tanaya Winder
8PM Black Girls Don’t Smile Mosaic in Front of Strangers written by Mahogany L. Browne
Directed by Kamilah Forbes, Featuring choreography and dance by Keomi Tarver, Co-Presented with Hip Hop Theater Festival
Come witness the transformative journey of a woman in the heart/cracked globe of a city where apples, lights and love seek refuge. Where the stereotypes are challenged and blackness finds safety in a woman's smile.
Friday January 25th
6PM 6@6 reading of Braided Sorrow written by Marisela Treviño Orta
8PM Foreign Bodies written by Eboni Hogan
Directed by Nicole A. Watson, Featuring Eboni Hogan, Samantha Cooper, Ayo Oneké Cummings, Joell Jackson & Teniece Divya Johnson
On a mania-driven trek from NYC to Ghana, poet Eboni Hogan delivers an unflinchingly true testament to the complexities of the fragile mind, the breakable body and the resilient heart.
Saturday January 26th
6PM 6@6 reading of She Who Struggles by LaTonia Phipps
8PM faith written & performed by Caroline Rothstein
Directed by Alex Mallory, Winner: Oustanding Production of A Solo Show, 2012 Planet Connections Theatre Festivity
One woman's gut-wrenching struggle to cope with the expectations and turmoil of coming of age.
Sunday January 27th
2PM Foreign Bodies written by Eboni Hogan
Directed by Nicole A. Watson, Featuring Eboni Hogan, Samantha Cooper, Ayo Oneké Cummings, Joell Jackson & Teniece Divya Johnson
On a mania-driven trek from NYC to Ghana, poet Eboni Hogan delivers an unflinchingly true testament to the complexities of the fragile mind, the breakable body and the resilient heart.
6PM 6@6 reading of Untitled conceived by Natalia Duong
8PM From Table to Stage written & performed by Warrior Writers NYC
Original Veteran writing in a staged, multimedia performance that explores a range of experiences from recruitment to homecoming, from surviving war to the conquest for life.
All performances will take place at The Wild Project, 195 East 3rd Street. Tickets range in price from $5 to $15 and can be purchased at the door on the day of the performance. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the Poetic Theater website.
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