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Being Chaka

First Preview: May 6, 2023
Opening Date: May 8, 2023
Closing Date: May 27, 2023
Running Time: 02:00
Being Chaka

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Playing @
IRT Theater
154 Christopher St, New York, NY 10014
New Ohio Theatre and IRT Theater’s Archive Residency presents TÉA Artistry’s Being Chaka. Being Chaka is a coming-of-age story in which souls from two worlds struggle for self and group transcendence as they take the painful and possible redemptive journey through relationships and systems steeped in racism. This world premiere is developed by Chuk Obasi, Vieve Radha Price, Tara Amber, Nalini Sharma and Talya Mar, written by Tara Amber, Chuk Obasi and Nalini Sharma, and directed by Vieve Radha Price and Chuk Obasi.

Off-Off BroadwayPlay - Drama
Show Notes: 1 intermission

Performance Schedule

THURSDAY-SATURDAY @ 7 PM
SUNDAY @ 2 PM

Added performances May 8 & 24 @ 7 PM


Written By
  • Tara Amber
  • Chuk Obasi & Nalini Sharma

Director
  • Vieve Radha Price & Chuk Obasi

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