Party People
Scenic & Lighting Design
The Public Theatre, November 2016
Written by UNIVERSES (Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, and William Ruiz, aka Ninja)
Directed and Developed by Liesl Tommy
Costume Design by Meg Neville
Projection Design by Sven Ortel
Composition, Music Direction, & Sound Design by Broken Chord Collective
This new musical explores the legacy of the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords, activists who fought social injustice and provide care for their communities all while actively being persecuted by the United States government. This piece is based on dozens of interviews with party members and imagines these activists reuniting at a happening curated by two children of party members.
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