Verses @ Work by Malik Work (USA) JCTC Residency, in partnership with South Africa “Actor, playwright, and hip hop griot Malik Work’s autobiographical narrative Verses @ Work is an exhilarating poetic journey through a transformative period in the cultural history of New York City. Gentrification sieges historically underserved communities, as Hip Hop music and culture […]

Down 2nd Avenue by Nobel Prize nominee Eskia Mphahlele(South Africa) Performed by Marcus Mabusela (South Africa) Join us for Down 2nd Avenue, a powerful adaptation of the seminal 1959 memoir by Nobel Prize nominee Eskia Mphahlele. This play takes you on a poignant journey through Mphahlele's early childhood in Marabastad, a poverty-stricken urban area outside Pretoria, South Africa. Raised […]