Genre: Theater
New Works, Performance, Salon Series
“Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.” – James Baldwin
In Kevin R. Free’s A Hill On Which To Drown Ikoode, a 94-year-old queer black man, recounts his life story backward by the decades–growing younger as he speaks and experiencing a geriatric coming-of-age. Written for the legendary performer Andre De Shields–who took on the central role in early readings–A Hill On Which To Drown takes inspiration from August Wilson’s American Century Cycle and complements the masterful series: as Ikoode witnesses the events on the Hill and tells his story, he speaks of rebirth, renewal and of maintaining the LGBTQ community in the backdrop of the African-American life in the 20th century. This tribute to Black queer artists whose lives have been erased from the cannon of classic 20th-century work is a part of the Apollo Works in Process Series.
About Apollo Works In Process
Apollo Works in Process Series is part of Apollo New Works — a program that expands our commitment to supporting creative innovation by emerging and established artists whose work challenges, reflects and is in dialogue with the most pressing issues within our communities.
Apollo New Works is generously supported by the Ford Foundation with additional funding from The Mellon Foundation and Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
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