Saturday, March 17, 2007
8–9:30 a.m.
Additional Dates (7)Location: University Theatre Theatre Lab, Humanities 411
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Category: Performance
Description: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDEDepartment of Theatre presents
Califest ’07 HIP-HOP THEATRE
Created and produced by Rickerby Hinds
March 8, 9, 10, 16 &17, Thursday - Saturday
A two-week celebration of Hip-Hop culture through theatre, dance, music, poetry, spoken word and art. A different slate of work is scheduled for each performance.
Some performances may not be suitable for all audiences.
March 8, Thursday, 8:00 pm
March 9, Friday, 8:00 pm
March 10, Saturday, 1:00 pm
March 10, Saturday, 8:00 pm
March 16, Friday, 8:00 pm
March 17, Saturday, 1:00 pm (Venue to be announced)
March 17, Saturday, 8:00 pm
Tickets: (951) 827-4331
Seating is limited - arrive early to ensure admission.
Venue: Theatre Lab, Humanities 411 (Located next to the University Theatre)
Parking: $5.00 in Lot 6 (No fee with UC permit)
Information: (951) 827-3245
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The Department of Theatre at the University of California, Riverside, presents Califest ’07 HIP-HOP THEATRE, now in its fifth year. This two-week celebration of Hip-Hop culture through theatre, dance, music, poetry, spoken word and art, is produced by Rickerby Hinds, assistant professor of Playwrighting in the UC Riverside Department of Theatre.
The seven events of Califest ’07 HIP-HOP THEATRE run March 8, 9, 10, 16 and 17, with a different slate of work is scheduled for each performance. All events take place in the Theatre Lab, Humanities 411, located next to the University Theatre on the UC Riverside campus.
Seating is limited and guests are encouraged to arrive early to ensure admission.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
March 8 Thurs @ 8pm Free
SPITTIN' FIRE UCR's Hip-Hop Congress presents an evening of Hip-Hop music featuring many
of the IE's hottest MCs.
March 9, Fri @ 8pm $5
HIP-HOP THEATRE, The INTRO Califest founder Rickerby Hinds will break down the Hip-Hop Theatre genre through a preview from works to be presented during Califest '07.
March 10 Sat @1pm Free
HIP-HOP WORKSHOP NYU Professor and Hip-Hop Theatre director Daniel Banks leads a workshop for actors, directors, dramaturges, and anyone interested in discovering the
nuances of this theatrical genre.
March 10 Sat @ 8pm $5
BLACK AND BROWN: Similar Shades of Story Through their poetry, Southern California spoken-word artists explore the relations and connections between African Americans and Lathinos.
March 16 & 17 Fri & Sat @ 8pm $5
DREAMSCAPE by Rickerby Hinds A young black woman is shot to death by the police while she is passed out in the front seat of her car at in the middle of the night.
March 17 Sat @ 1 pm Free
MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE Dr. Daniel Walker conducts a family conference on Gospel music, Hip-Hop culture, and the arts of praise culminating with gospel/Hip-Hop performances.
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BIOGRAPHY
RICKERBY HINDS is the creator and producer of Califest ’07 HIP-HOP THEATRE, now in its fifth year. A native of Honduras who immigrated to South-Central Los Angeles at age 13, Hinds is currently an assistant professor of Playwrighting in the UC Riverside Department of Theatre. He holds a master’s of Fine Arts degree in Playwriting from UCLA's School of Theatre, Film and Television, where he was twice awarded the Audrey Skirball-Kenis Award for best play.
Hinds’ Daze to Come, debuted in 1989, and was the first full-length play to use the founding elements of Hip-Hop as the primary language of the stage and introduced the genre of Hip-Hop theatre to audiences internationally. Self-marketed and self-produced, its story of a rap community, forced into exile, is both raw and inspiring. Daze To Come and Hinds’ subsequent works have empowered an entire school of young playwrights to speak to the world in the language of Hip-Hop.
His visionary creations span the gamut of human emotions and experiences. Blackballin', which received a reading at London's Royal Court Theatre, examines the issue of race and history in American sports and society. The semi-autobiographical Birthmark (commissioned by Showtime to be adapted into a screenplay) explores the social and cultural conflicts of a Spanish-speaking immigrant of African descent forced to choose between the limiting racial categories offered within American society. In One Size Fits All, which premiered at UCR in January 2007, Hinds tackles the global issue of the exploitation of children by tracing the life of an athletic sneaker from its creation in an Indonesian sweatshop, to the ghettos of America, to the sugar cane fields of the Dominican Republic, and finally, to the feet of a child soldier in Eastern Europe. In Keep Hedz Ringin', a Hip-Hop opera adaptation of Richard Wagner's Ring of the Niebelung, Rickerby Hinds explores the effects of greed.
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Califest ’07 HIP-HOP THEATRE is co-sponsored by the University of California Institute for Research in the Arts; UCR Center for Ideas and Society; Office of the Dean, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; Yolanda Moses, Special Assistant for Excellence and Diversity, Office of the Chancellor/Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost; Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs; and UCR African Students Programs.
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BUY TICKETS NOW: (951) 827-4331
Fine Arts Ticket Office located on campus at the University Theatre, north of Lot 6.
Hours: Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm and one hour before performances.
Ticketmaster: (213) 480-3232, (714) 740-2000, www.ticketmaster.com
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No Reserve Seating
Seating in some venues is limited, so arrive early for best seats. Events begin promptly at the announced curtain time. Latecomers will be seated at an appropriate pause in the program as designated by the management.
Please order carefully. No exchanges or refunds will be made, except in the event a performance is canceled. Events are subject to change without notice.
Regardless of age, all patrons must have a ticket. Infants on laps are not permitted. Some performances may not be suitable for all audiences.
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Parking: $5.00 in Lot 6 (No fee with UC permit)
Information: (951) 827-3245 www.theatre.ucr.edu
E-mail kathleen.deatley@ucr.edu to receive e-mail notices about theatre performances and auditions at UCR.
Open to: General Public
Admission: Entry Charge: $5 General admission, some events are FREE
Sponsor: Departments of Dance, Music and Theatre
Contact Information:
Kathy DeAtley
(951) 827-3245
kathleen.deatley@ucr.edu