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Primer for a Failed Superpower

First Preview: Jul 19, 2017
Opening Date: Aug 22, 2017
Closing Date: Aug 24, 2017
Running Time: 02:30
Primer for a Failed Superpower

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Playing @
Roulette
509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11217
Two nights only!

Award-winning, Brooklyn-based ensemble the TEAM presents Primer for a Failed Superpower, a concert featuring a band of teenagers, the TEAM, and Baby Boomers playing new and unexpected arrangements of iconic protest songs.

Songs that have celebrated and questioned what it means to be an American from the past to the present.
Songs that exercise the muscles in our hearts and lungs for the challenges ahead.

The three-generation band includes performers and musicians from across New York City and as far away as Texas--some veteran performers, and some taking the stage for the first time. The concert will also feature video interviews with activists from across the country--from an indigenous youth water protector at Standing Rock, to one of the co-chairs of the Women’s March on Washington, to a coal-country cultural worker in Virginia.
Concert
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 10
Audience Advisory: Audience members are encouraged to pay what they are able - and no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Performance Schedule

TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY @ 7 PM


Written By
  • The TEAM

TDF Tickets Offers:

TDF Member tickets:

Not currently available for this show

Listed at

Never

Full-price tickets:

$10.00 - $55.00

Accessibility

  • Restroom

    All are gender neutral and ADA compliant
  • Telephone

    None on premises
  • Water Fountain

    None available.
  • Wheelchair Info

    Roulette’s main floor is wheelchair accessible space via the ramp entrance on Atlantic Avenue. Requests for reasonable accommodation should be made in advance of the concert or event. Contact Box Office at (917) 267-0368

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