Michael Hagins: Conquering the Canon

FROM THE BRONX TO THE BARD: AWARD-WINNING ONE-MAN SHOW CONQUERING THE CANON HEADS TO PHILADELPHIA THIS SEPTEMBER Acclaimed Artist Michael Hagins Brings His Autobiographical, Award-Winning Triumph to the Yellow Bicycle Theater After Sweeping New York’s Solo Theater Festivals PHILADELPHIA, PA — This September, Philadelphia audiences will have the rare opportunity to witness a theatrical feat four centuries in the making. Playwright and performer Michael Hagins brings his highly acclaimed, award-winning solo masterpiece, "Conquering the Canon," to the Yellow Bicycle Theater for a strictly limited, three-performance run. Under the sharp direction of Melissa Meli, with technical direction and stage management by Adam Sherwin, Conquering the Canon is the absolutely true, deeply personal story of how Hagins accomplished what few theater artists in history—and perhaps no other African-American artist—have ever done: actively participating in every single play in Shakespeare's Canon