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Line Breaks Festival Showcase - Danez Smith, First Wave Hip Hop Theater Ensemble - 04/01/2022 - 7:00pm

Line Breaks Festival Showcase

Playhouse Theater

This evening showcase will include performances by First Wave 14th Cohort Ensemble, First Wave Touring Ensemble, and conclude with a debut staging of summer, somewhere by First Wave alum Danez Smith, featuring a small ensemble of First Wave scholars directed by Professor Chris Walker.

 

The event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. You can register for the event at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/line-breaks-hip-hop-theater-festival-showcase-registration-271337938077?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Danez Smith

Danez Smith

Danez Smith is the author of HomieDon’t Call Us Dead, winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection and a finalist for the National Book Award, and [insert boy], winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. They live in Minneapolis

Recent Book
Homie

First Wave Hip Hop Theater Ensemble

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The First Wave Hip Hop Theatre Ensemble (FWTE) is a groundbreaking collective of spoken word poets, emcees, dancers, singers, actors, and activists from across the United States. FWTE represents the First Wave Hip Hop & Urban Arts Learning Community at UW-Madison, the world's first and only full tuition scholarship for Hip Hop and urbans arts. They create works that unpack the personal narrative as a route to academic engagement, artistic productivity and community engagement.