the 51st (dream) state-Sekou Sundiata November 8, 2006

CONCEIVED AND WRITTEN BY SEKOU SUNDIATA
DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER MCELROEN

NOV 8, 10 & 11 AT 7:30PM
BAM HOWARD GILMAN OPERA HOUSE
TICKETS: $20, 30, 40

PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH HARLEM STAGE/AARON DAVIS HALL, INC.

BAMDIALOGUE WITH SEKOU SUNDIATA
NOV 10, POST-SHOW (FREE FOR TICKET HOLDERS)

DAYS OF ART AND IDEAS
NOV 3 & 4 HARLEM STAGE/AARON DAVIS HALL, INC @ THE GATEHOUSE

Aided by composer Graham Haynes, Sundiata and his musical ensemble take us on a galvanizing soul search for our identity, all the while asking questions via a rousing cycle of songs, poems, monologues, and projected images. A work for the people, the 51st (dream) state comes from the people. An artistic residency in Harlem and public engagements with college and university communities all over the country yielded a dizzying spectrum of opinions, beliefs, anxieties, and passions. And they've found their way into Sundiata's astonishing work, granting even more immediacy to this urgent investigation of who we are, what the rest of the world thinks of us, and what keeps us going.

SCORE COMPOSED BY GRAHAM HAYNES
CHOREOGRAPHY BY DAVID THOMSON
PROJECTION DESIGN BY SAGE CARTER
SET DESIGN BY TROY HOURIE
LIGHTING DESIGN BY RODERICK MURRAY
COSTUME DESIGN BY LIZ PRINCE
SOUND DESIGN BY LUCAS INDELICATO
VOCAL DIRECTOR RICHARD HARPER

Official Website: http://bam.org/events/07STAT/07STAT.aspx