Oyá, Orisha of change and wind, clears the old to make way for renewal. Seda Negra/Black Silk Dance Company’s performance, informed by Ifá, explores endings and rebirth through dance, music, and spoken word from African diasporic perspectives.
Starship Napademics, one of the Indianapolis Recorder’s “Must-See” shows of 2025 (formerly Universe City: The Experience) is an Afro-futuristic journey through space-themed music and literature, complete with original music, poetry, and essay.
“An urge to jump affirms the urge to live.”
Call of the Void is a poetic monodrama by poet and prison educator Dr. Adam Henze. As his students write about addiction and grief, Adam begins to use poetry to confront his own self-destructive behaviors.
The Keeper (or Who Remembers The Human Behind The Headline, When The News Cycle Ends & The Blood Has Been Cleaned From The Collective Consciousness?) follows an immortal charged with remembering the names and lives of those who have been lynched.
Of Iron: An unforgettable evening where movement becomes message, and the stage becomes sacred ground.
A bold retelling of a classic story. It’s the Wizard of Oz like you’ve never seen before, told in a thrilling mix of dialogue, rhythmic beats, and spoken word poetry.
SHE is a journey to find herself in the joys and challenges on the road to womanhood, expressed through contemporary dance and poetry.
Verse & Vision: Where Poetry Shares the Spotlight in a Canvas of Creativity
Godzilla’s Not a Dinosaur is a one-person stand-up show that explores what it means to be human in a world that is often anything but.
Returning for ONE NIGHT ONLY, Broadway World Award Nominee Raja El Majzoub will captivate and mystify you with his brilliant one-actor adaptation of Mahmoud Darwish’s seminal poem: The Dice Player
