ONE VOICE feat. Kelly Tsai & YAWP! // Thurs. 4/2

Join Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai [www.yellowgurl.com] in a spoken word
performance that explores Asian American identity, activism,
womanhood, hip hop, and global urban realities.

ONE VOICE
featuring Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai
Loyola Breakers
KAPWA Modern
YAWP! (Young Asians With Power!)
Live Art by REVISE CMW

Thursday, April 2nd
7-10 pm
Crown Center Lobby
Loyola University, Lakeshore Campus
[Loyola Red Line stop]

Remy Bumppo Presents a Workshop with Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai

Join Chicago-born, Brooklyn-based HBO Def Poet Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai (www.yellowgurl.com) in an interactive spoken word and hip hop theater performance workshop exploring how to use word, voice, body, and movement towards personal and community change. Exercises will spark the creation of solo and collective spoken word pieces and focus on exploring from negative freedom ("freedom from") to positive freedom ("freedom"). We'll also be focusing on how to use tools like Boal's Theater of the Oppressed Techniques and Liz Lerman's choreographic toolbox to use writing and performance as a forum for social dialogue and community problem-solving. No experience necessary. Come ready to write, move, and speak your truth!

INFO:
DATE: MONDAY, March 30, 2009
TIME: 6:30-9:30
PRICE: FREE
PLACE: Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
3717 N. Ravenswood Ave. Ste. 245
RSVP: Only 20 spaces available, reserve your space at info@remybumppo.org

Remy Bumppo: Usman Ally, Idris Goodwin, Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai

This year Remy Bumppo is thrilled to welcome to the stage 3 nationally
recognized SLAM poets, Usman Ally, Idris Goodwin, and Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai. We
are currently collaborating on a hip hop infused examination of ethnic
stereotyping in our mainstream media, and will converge in Chicago from
March 12 to March 29, 2009. This year's production is entitled American
Ethnic.

As Americans we are at a crucial and historic period in our country.
With the election of the first African American President, political
commentators have espoused the belief that we are now living in a
"post-racial world" and that racism has been rooted out of our culture,
while others have insisted that there is still much work to be done.
Kelly, Usman and Idris will expose the way that television sitcoms, news
networks and commercials influence public perception regarding race and
ethnicity, and how the media can either be a tool for deepening or
dismantling race, class and gender lines in America.

This is a conversation that must be had, and we want you to be a part of
it! We are proud to offer 3 "pay what you can" performances on March 12,
13 and 14 at 7:30pm. (Note UIC professor, David Stovall, will be part of
the March 13th post-show discussion with the artists).

For the rest of the run you can bring a group of 6 or more to take advantage
of 5 dollars off tickets at $15/person, which includes a post show
discussion and a free group leader ticket. First time student groups can
join in at $10/person. We also have dinner packages available, and can
assist in finding transportation for your group to and from the theatre. I
look forward to finding the right group package for you.

You can find out more about American Ethnic, see videos, read performer
bios, see the post-show speaker schedule, hear podcasts
and check out our image gallery by visiting www.remybumppo.org


See you at the theatre!

Usman Ally
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Group Sales and PR Manager
773-244-8119 x 307
ually@remybumppo.org

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