Ride or Die

Greenhouse Theater Center, Chicago

Brought to life by a stellar company of voices, Ride or Die is culled from the 200 entries of Project Uplift, a collection of moments that will forever define a generation. A "two week exercise" to "keep sane" has exploded into a yearlong chronicle of our time. Shepsu Aakhu, in a fit of frustration, creativity, and a need to connect with our collective humanity, has generated some of the most joyous, vulnerable, and delightfully (if sometimes brutally) honest excavations of collective and personal crises. Penned while in lock down, and originally shared with a small community of artmakers we gain a rare glimpse into the pandemic and its aftermath – all through a Black prism.