How to Break Aaron Jafferis + The Mixing Texts Collective
How to Break played from Oct 18 to Nov 4, 2012 in the Dorothy B. Williams Theatre.
About the show
In their first co-producing endeavor, HERE and the Hip-Hop Theater Festival present the world premiere of How to Break, a collaboration between playwright Aaron Jafferis, reknowned breakers Kwikstep and Rokafella, beatboxers Adam Matta and Yako 440, composer Rebecca Hart, and director Christopher Edwards. Recipient of the 2012 Thomas Barbour Playwright’s Award, How to Break sneaks into a hospital room with a fake ID, a potty mouth, and a bad case of heartsick. A pediatric hematologist, a folk singer, and a nurse with a beatboxing problem try not to screw up two hospitalized teenagers – a b-boy with sickle cell and a popper with leukemia – as they break through their diagnoses in search of a gut understanding of what it means to be “ill”.
A HERE and Hip-Hop Theater Festival production in association with Collective Consciousness Theater.
Credits
Book and Lyrics by Aaron Jafferis
Beatbox score composed by Adam Matta
& Yako 440
Songs composed by Rebecca Hart
Additional lyrics by Rebecca Hart
Choreography and Hip-Hop Dramaturgy by Kwikstep and Rokafella
Directed by Christopher Edwards
Tickets
Oct 18-Nov 4
Tues-Sat @ 7:00pm *No show Oct 31*
Additional shows Oct 26 & Nov 2 & 3 @ 10:30 pm
Oct 28 & Nov 4 @ 2pm
Cocktails & Context: Oct 18 @ 6pm
Post-Show Talkbacks:
Oct 24: Total Chaos: Hip-Hop Culture & the ensemble creation process
Oct 25: Ill Art: Is Laughter Really The Best Medicine?
Oct 28: CoSMO: Community medical practitioners respond to the play
$10 Advance | $18 24-hours prior
FREE for students with valid student ID
Advance ticket sales are limited to 75% of our house capacity. Advance tickets must be purchased at least 24 hours before curtain time.
Ages 12 and up - strong language