The New Renaissance

ANCESTORS RISING: An Afrofuturistic Exploration of Joy and Healing

Performance Dates: July 21, 22 at 6pm (Doors at 5pm)

Community Conversation and Interactive Art Installation (Free of Charge!): July 23 at 4pm (Doors at 3pm)

Performance Length: 2 hours with a brief intermission

ANCESTORS RISING is an immersive afrofuturisric theater experience like you've never seen before! Written and directed by award-winning poet Joe Davis, the story brings together over 20 local, interdisciplinary artists weaving together poetry, live music, and movement to tell a story of communal healing and collective liberation.

You'll have two nights to catch the stellar performance, Friday, July 21st and Saturday, July 22nd, from 5-8 pm. You can also join a panel of artists, healers, and culture workers for a community conversation and interactive art installation with the Healing Justice Foundation, THE LAUNCH - MAPPING BLACK JOY, on Sunday, July 23rd from 3-6 pm. 

THE STORY

In a post-apocalyptic future, “afrophysicist" JahDavis conducts music-powered experiments teleporting across the multi-verse to save his people. With the help of The Oracle, The Spirit Guides, and a motley crew of freedom fighters known as The Neo Griots, JahDavis travels through time, tracing his ancestral lineage on a journey of self-discovery and transformation.