Season 19

Devised by Raymond O. Caldwell and Adrienne Torf, featuring the work of June Jordan

A Co-Production by Theater Alliance and the IN Series

Featuring music by Adrienne Torf, with selections by John Adams and Sweet Honey in the Rock

Please note, performances of Poetry for the People will be held at the Anacostia Arts Center Black Box, at 1231 Good Hope Road SE.

One of the most widely-published and highly-acclaimed writers of her generation, poet, playwright, and essayist June Jordan was known for her fierce commitment to human rights and political activism. A contemporary of Alice Walker and Adrienne Rich, Jordan “spent her life stitching together the personal and political so the seams didn’t show.”

With June Jordan’s own words as the core, Poetry for the People brings together words, music, post-it notes, and the many other media that tell the story of a life well-lived.

 

 “There are three qualities of Black English— the presence of life, voice, and clarity—that intensify to a distinctive Black value system that we became excited about and self-consciously tried to maintain.”
– June Jordan