Reflections on Home: A Celebration of Immigrant Voices
Festival Includes: Performances of Mexodus; Reading of A Wake at Singh’s by local writer-in-residence Aeneas Sagar Hemphill; and Events with Dream Project, Imagination Stage, KAMA DC and KIND
Join us for events including Mexodus performances, a storytelling with KAMA DC, and a discussion with alumni of the Dream Project.
Reflections on Home offers audiences diverse perspectives on what it means to be an American today and deepens Mosaic’s commitment to building cross-cultural connection through theater.
Reflections on Home is sponsored by The National Endowment for the Arts and Mosaic Partners Circle Activists Ed Grossman & Rochelle Stanfield and Advocates Elaine Reuben (of blessed memory) and Julie & David Zalkind.
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SAT JUNE 8 | AFTER 3PM PERFORMANCE
Mexodus Post-Show student reading with Imagination Stage, Dream Project, and KIND to provide an opportunity for students to share their spoken word monologues and poems with Mexodus writer/performers Brian Quijada and Nygel D Robinson after the 3PM performance.
THU JUNE 13 | AFTER 7PM PERFORMANCE
Mexodus Post-Show discussion featuring alumni of Dream Project
Location: Atlas Performing Arts Center
FRI JUNE 14 | AFTER 7PM PERFORMANCE
Mexodus Post-Show event featuring storytellers from KAMA DC
Location: Atlas Performing Arts Center
SAT JUNE 15 | AFTER 3PM PERFORMANCE
Post-Show conversation with local-international artists Helen Hayes Award-winner Regina Aquino, Elizabeth Dinkova (Artistic Director, Spooky Action Theater), and Danilo Gambini (Associate Artistic Director, Studio Theatre)
Location: Atlas Performing Arts Center
SAT JUNE 15 | 8PM
Closing performance of Mexodus
Location: Atlas Performing Arts Center
MEXODUS
By BRIAN QUIJADA AND NYGEL D. ROBINSON
Directed by DAVID MENDIZÁBAL
MAY 16 – JUNE 15, 2024
History meets hip-hop in this groundbreaking theatrical experience that explores the often-untold stories of enslaved people in the United States who sought freedom in Mexico, rather than looking north. Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson use live-looping to create a musical in real time, telling a unique story of the Underground Railroad that led south, highlighting the power of Black and Brown unity.
This world premiere production received developmental support from Mosaic’s Catalyst new play development incubator.