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Tuesday, October 28
7:30 PM

Tickets: $15

HS Members +
Harlem Residents: $12

Valid ID required. Walk
up only. Fees apply. ZIPs:
10025-10027, 10029-
10032,10035, 10037,
10039, 10040

Call 212.281.9240 x 19/20
www.harlemstage.org

Harlem Stage Gatehouse
150 Convent Avenue
(at W. 135th St.
& Convent Ave.)

Building on his experience as creator, director and choreographer of the Off-Broadway musical Fela!, Bill T. Jones returns with a dynamic panel of performers, artists and scholars to explore the extraordinary popularity and influence of the groundbreaking African composer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti, and discuss the relevance and implications of his story in today’s cultural and political landscape. Guests include legendary musician Roy Ayers; musical director of Antibalas, Aaron Johnson; lead in Fela! off Broadway, Sahr Ngaujah; Fela’s manager of 15 years, Rikki Stein; and founder and choreographer of Urban Bush Women, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar.

CHASE IS THE LEAD SPONSOR FOR THE SERIES.

Major support is provided by The Rockefeller Foundation New York City Cultural Innovation Fund.

Presented by Harlem Stage Partners program which receives Lead Sponsorship from Deutsche Bank and through public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.

Sahr Ngaujah, Fela! photo by Monique Carboni.