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THE WORD BEGINS
Written and Performed By
Sekou (tha misfit) Andrews & Steve Connell
 Directed and Developed By Robert Egan

 Lighting Design by Sarah Sidman
Sound Design by Adam Phalen
Produced Through Special Arrangement with Prana Theatre Group
Originally Produced at The Signature Theatre – Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director
Developed At The Ojai Playwrights Conference: Robert Egan, Artistic Director/Producer


Under The Radar
 The Public Theater
 425 Lafayette Street
 New York, NY
(www.undertheradarfestival.com)

THE WORD BEGINS is an exciting journey with two young men as they struggle to come to terms with belief and morality in America today. They take on race relations, religion, sexuality, love, and the power of mass communication --- among other great American  issues. They do it in the extraordinarily refreshing and exhilarating performance form of spoken word meets dramatic scenes meets sketch comedy meets hip hop culture. Steve Connell and Sekou (tha misfit) travel rapidly through the sometimes chaotic and     confusing world of what the national landscape of politics, purpose, and passion looks like to a young white man & a young black man. They travel from the inner city to the malls to the heartland of our country with insight and great humor. These two artists bring years of honing their collaborative skills in clubs, in stadiums, in theatres --- all over the United States of America. They perform ‘almost as one’ with a timing and emotion and passion that brings a renewed life and electricity onto the stage. Veteran stage director and dramaturge, Robert Egan, has guided the development of this  theatre piece and is directing.


January 8 - 16, 2010
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HHTF On Tour and The Word Begins are represented by
Lisa Booth & Deirdre Valente, Lisa Booth Management, Inc.,
145 West 45th St. NY, NY 10036; 212-921-2114; Email:artslbmi@msn.com
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Hip-Hop Theater Festival is made possible through the generous support from The Nathan Cummings Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Curtis W. McGraw Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Lambent Foundation, Hull Family Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, New York Council for the Humanities and individual supporters like you. HHTF is a participant in the New Generations Program, funded by Doris Duke Charitable Trust/The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for American Theatre.