Poetry Electric Words from the Civil Rights Movement

Conceived and directed by William Electric Black Featuring The Electric Word Ensemble – Leah Bonnema, Chris Brady, Bethany Davis, Lori Halberstadt, Peggy Suzuki & Armand Ruhlman. With special performances by David Mills, Jackie Sheeler, Susan Gerardi, Bruce Weber’s No Chance Ensemble, Harry Mann, Verna Hampton. Part of La MaMa’s POETRY ELECTRIC series.

POETRY ELECTRIC fuses music, movement, sound, and dance with the spoken word. A poetry scene dedicated to poets who seek an alternative way to present the spoken word and word performance.