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“All that you touch You Change. All that you Change, Changes you. The Only Lasting Truth is Change” – Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower
Based on the post-apocalyptic novel by the late Afro-futurist and science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower is a genre-defying opera that harnesses two centuries of Black music.
Conceived by Toshi Reagon, whom Vibe Magazine called “one helluva rock’n’roller-coaster ride,” in collaboration with, Bernice Johnson Reagon, the iconic singer, scholar and activist, Parable chronicles the spiritual awakening of young Lauren Olamina amidst a dystopian America wracked by the violence brought on by unrelenting greed and systemic injustice.
Parable fuses science fiction, African-American spiritualism, a deep examination of gender, race and environmental activism to construct a mesmerizing work of rare power and beauty that reveals deep insights on the future of human civilization.
Part of Under the Radar 2018
Based on the post-apocalyptic novel by the late Afro-futurist and science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower is a genre-defying opera that harnesses two centuries of Black music.
Conceived by Toshi Reagon, whom Vibe Magazine called “one helluva rock’n’roller-coaster ride,” in collaboration with, Bernice Johnson Reagon, the iconic singer, scholar and activist, Parable chronicles the spiritual awakening of young Lauren Olamina amidst a dystopian America wracked by the violence brought on by unrelenting greed and systemic injustice.
Parable fuses science fiction, African-American spiritualism, a deep examination of gender, race and environmental activism to construct a mesmerizing work of rare power and beauty that reveals deep insights on the future of human civilization.
Part of Under the Radar 2018
Age Guidance: 13
Show Notes: No Intermission
Audience Advisory:
Engagement is SOLD OUT
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Music
Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon
Lyrics
Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon
Director
Eric Ting
Written by
Based on the novels Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler.
Choreography
Millicent Johnnie
