SPECIAL PERFORMANCE:
I'M AT YOUR WINDOW
PRESENTED BY
WHAT FRAY WAS HERE?:
SOCIAL JUSTICE SHAKESPEARE
WHAT FRAY WAS HERE?:
SOCIAL JUSTICE SHAKESPEARE
JUNE 27-29 at 7:00PM
In a modern reimagining of this classic tale of star-crossed lovers, the city’s most eligible bachelorette falls in love with her family's enemy. I’m At Your Window sets Shakespeare’s rhymes to the rhythms of Hip-Hop, against the backdrop of America’s racial reckoning, ignited by George Floyd’s murder. With Hip-Hop beats and Shakespeare’s words, the well-known story of Romeo and Juliet comes alive. The piece spans over the summer of 2020. I’m At Your Window shines a melodic light on the rift in the fabric of America and how the young carry, push against, and suffer from their parent’s legacy.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Jay Are Adams (Composer/Director) is the Founder and President of What Fray Was Here?: Social Justice Shakespeare, and the co-composer and playwright of the nearly completed Hip-Hop adaptation of Romeo & Juliet, entitled I’m At Your Window. He is a multi-instrumental musician, an actor, a composer, a playwright, a teaching artist, and a proud father. Previous acting credits include The Player King in Hamlet and Malcolm in The Tragedy of Macbeth with the CCRI Players, Curtis in Sister Act with The Stadium Theatre, and Will in the world premiere of David Valentin’s The Opposite Of Hot Chocolate with Academy Players. Jay Are is a stand up comic and has appeared as a feature in Kevin Hart’s “Hart of The City” Season 2 on Comedy Central. He holds an M.A. in Theatre Education from Emerson College.
Learn more on their website here.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Jay Are Adams (Composer/Director) is the Founder and President of What Fray Was Here?: Social Justice Shakespeare, and the co-composer and playwright of the nearly completed Hip-Hop adaptation of Romeo & Juliet, entitled I’m At Your Window. He is a multi-instrumental musician, an actor, a composer, a playwright, a teaching artist, and a proud father. Previous acting credits include The Player King in Hamlet and Malcolm in The Tragedy of Macbeth with the CCRI Players, Curtis in Sister Act with The Stadium Theatre, and Will in the world premiere of David Valentin’s The Opposite Of Hot Chocolate with Academy Players. Jay Are is a stand up comic and has appeared as a feature in Kevin Hart’s “Hart of The City” Season 2 on Comedy Central. He holds an M.A. in Theatre Education from Emerson College.
Learn more on their website here.
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An award-winning, not-for-profit professional theatre company, the Wilbury Theatre Group engages our community in thought-provoking conversation through new works, reimagined classics and adventurous playmaking. We are idealistic, ambitious, and stubborn in our resolve to create theatre that entertains, enlightens, and inspires.
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