“Touchstones can come in many forms and serve many purposes, but they are usually about a defining moment and not a definition. Say Word! Voices from Hip Hop Theater is a new touchstone, one that will serve as a guide, a map, a tool in service to a continuum, a moment in time, a reflection forward and back, a reminder, a witnessing and a testimony, an affirmation, an insight and instigation, a guide to be wrestled with, challenged, thoroughly interrogated and fully enjoyed. It has a sense of insistence about it. It has been compiled by Daniel Banks, an amazing visionary, thinker, artist, passionate teacher.”
— Talvin Wilks, Director, Playwright, Dramaturg, Critic
new york city, february 29
hey new york — don’t miss Say Word! Voices at Revolution Books on February 29. Click here to RSVP on facebook and to receive updates as this exciting event approaches: https://www.facebook.com/events/110818205713164/
“show of hands if you thought this was shakespeare”
Gender Across Borders reviews Say Word! Voices.
Check it out!
http://www.genderacrossborders.com/2012/01/30/book-review-say-word-voices-from-hip-hop-theater/
say word at revolution books
February 29, Wednesday, 7pm
Panel discussion with Daniel Banks, reg e. gaines and others to be announced. Check back for more info!
“a new touchstone”
Touchstones can come in many forms and serve many purposes, but they are usually about a defining moment and not a definition. Say Word! Voices from Hip Hop Theater is a new touchstone, one that will serve as a guide, a map, a tool in service to a continuum, a moment in time, a reflection forward and back, a reminder, a witnessing and a testimony, an affirmation, an insight and instigation, a guide to be wrestled with, challenged, thoroughly interrogated and fully enjoyed. It has a sense of insistence about it. It has been compiled by Daniel Banks, an amazing visionary, thinker, artist, passionate teacher. —Talvin Wilks, Director, Playwright, Dramaturg, Critic
Breaking News!
Breaking News: reg e gaines, Award Winning Writer of BRING IN ‘DA NOISE, BRING IN ‘DA FUNK, joins the panel for the Dec 8 Book Launch of SAY WORD! Presented by the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, The Graduate Center at CUNY Thursday, December 8th at 6:30 pm Panel moderated by noted director, playwright and dramaturg Talvin Wilks. With Panelists: reg e gaines, award winning writer of Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk; Daniel Banks, Ph.D., editor of Say Word!; Michele Shay from the original Broadway cast of for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf; and contributors Holly Bass, Kristoffer Diaz, Abiola Abrams and Antoy Grant. Excerpts from the anthology performed by: Carlton Byrd, Inés Garcia, Eboni Hogan and Alejandro Rodriguez. **Admission is Free!** Click here for information about the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center. The Theatre is located in the CUNY Graduate Center at 365 5th Avenue between 34th and 35th Streets.
A Family Reunion!
Come celebrate the joint book launch of Hip Hop Theater Festival artists - Say Word! Voices From Hip Hop Theater edited and with an introduction by Daniel Banks and The Prophet Returns: The Hip Hop Generation Remix of a Classic by Bryonn Bain.
With playwrights Abiola Abrams and Antoy Grant and the Goddess City 10th Anniversary Reunion, Chadwick Boseman, Ben Snyder, and 2010 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama Kristoffer Diaz; performers Ines Garcia, Eboni Hogan, Antonio David Lyons, and DJ Center.
Books will be available for sale and will be signed by the authors.
Time: Saturday, October 29 · 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location: La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
La Mama ETC is located at 74A East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003.
