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OCTAVIA E. BUTLER’S PARABLE OF THE SOWER: AN OPERA BY TOSHI REAGON AND BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON

Shubert Theatre 247 College Street, New Haven

A triumphant, mesmerizing work of rare power and beauty that illuminates insights on gender, race, and the future of human civilization, Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower is “one helluva rockin' roller-coaster ride.” (Vibe Magazine) This fully-staged opera created by Toshi Reagon in collaboration with her mother, Bernice Johnson Reagon, brings together more than […]

The Gathering: A Collective Sonic Ring Shout

Apollo Theatre 253 w 125th St, New York

First practiced by enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and in the United States, a Shout (or Ring Shout) is an ecstatic, transcendent ritual in which worshipers move in a circle while shuffling, stomping, and clapping, creating an open space to collectively grieve, awaken joy as a source of liberation, and find love as a form […]

$20

Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower

The Music Center 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda

Parable of the Sower is a triumphant, mesmerizing work of rare power and beauty that illuminates deep insights on gender, race, and the future of human civilization. This fully-staged opera brings together over 30 original anthems drawn from 200 years of black music to recreate Butler’s sci-fi, Afrofuturist masterpiece live on stage. With music and lyrics […]

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