MySpace Codes MySpace Comments MySpace Layouts MySpace Pranks Upload ImagesFounded in 2000, The Hip-Hop Theater Festival continues to invigorate the fields of theater and Hip-Hop by: nurturing the creation of innovative work within the Hip-Hop aesthetic; presenting and touring American and international artists whose work addresses the issues relevant to the Hip-Hop generation; and serving young, urban communities through outreach and education that celebrates contemporary language and culture. In each of its Festival cities, New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago and San Francisco, The Hip-Hop Theater Festival presents live events created by artists who stretch, invent and combine a variety of theatrical forms, including theater, dance, spoken word and live music sampling. Through open submissions and aggressive curating both nationally and internationally, the Hip-Hop Theater Festival is fully dedicated to finding, developing and introducing to the public new artistic creations from a diversity of cultures and points of view.
Eight years strong, the Hip-Hop Theater Festival returns in 2008 to its hometown NYC with a line-up featuring the leaders in the field mashing up Hip-Hop and Theater. From Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s global multi-media jam theater experience the break/s, to Danny Hoch’s latest tour-de-force Taking Over, an ode to New York City, and its changing landscape due to gentrification. In between, the Festival will showcase the up-and-coming works of emerging artists such as Lemon, muMs, Baba Israel, Rudi Goblen and Nicole Klaymoon. As always, The NYC Hip-Hop Theater Festival will bring the stories of a generation whose fierce eye focuses towards the clarion that Hip-Hop is a thriving cultural force.
2008 NYC Festival
Ticket Info & Venues
The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York University
566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South, NY
www.skirballcenter.nyu.edu
212.352.3101.
4th Street Black Box – New York Theater Workshop
83 East 4th Street btwn 2nd Ave & Bowery, NY
866-811-4111 or 718-497-4282
www.hhtf.org
Hostos Performing Arts Center
450 Grand Concourse @ 149th Street, Bronx, NY
Box Office: (718) 518-4455
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY
LPAC Box Office: 718-482-5151 or www.hhtf.org
Grand Street Campus Auditorium
850 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY
www.hhtf.org or 718-497-4282
or El Puente: 718-387-0404
For General Information Call: 718-497-4282 or visit www.hhtf.org
