Joe Davis

Ancestors Rising: Ascension

Show Dates:

August 22 at 7:00pm (Doors/social hour at 6:00pm, House at 6:30pm)
August 23 at 7:00pm (Doors/social hour at 6:00pm, House at 6:30pm)
August 24 at 7:00pm (Doors/social hour at 6:00pm, House at 6:30pm)
August 25 at 4:00pm (Doors/social hour at 3:00pm, House at 3:30pm)

Performance Length: About 100 minutes including intermission

Ancestors Rising: Ascension is an immersive afrofuturistic theater production written by award-winning poet Joe Davis.

Interweaving Hip Hop, spoken word, choreography, fashion, and live band music, you’re invited on an interdimensional journey of communal healing and transformation like you’ve never experienced before.

Join an all-star lineup of multidisciplinary artists at the Southern Theater on August 22-25 as we envision and embody our ancestors
wildest dreams.
 
The social hour includes a fashion competition, interactive art installation, and live poetry performances! For more information, please visit JoeDavisPoetry.com. 
 
Starring:

Joe Davis

Fazayah Rose Augusta

Ashley DuBose

Nakara Forje

Lewiee Blaze

Chance York

Kennadi Hurst

Jackson Hurst 

Juice Lord

Herb Johnson III

Righteous MC

Imani Waters 

Endia Tierra

SeAnna on da Mic

John X 

Lamonte Lewis

T Mychael Rambo 

Joseph Samuel Bard “Drunken Monkeee” aka “DJ M’backu”

Choreography by Cecil Neal
 

Live music by The Poetic Diaspora featuring:

Nii Mensah

Traiveon Dunlap

Theo Brown

Ryan Bynum

Omar Abdulkarim

Keston Dion Wright

Tamiko French

Daniel Gilbert

 

Lighting by Mark Ruark and Herb Johnson 

Sound by Vladimir 

Sound production by Mickey Breeze and Brady Moen 

Performances:

Date and Time
Thu, Aug 22, 2024 7:00 PM - Ancestors Rising: Ascension
Doors 6:00PM | Show 7:00PM
Fri, Aug 23, 2024 7:00 PM - Ancestors Rising: Ascension
Doors 6:00PM | Show 7:00PM
Sat, Aug 24, 2024 7:00 PM - Ancestors Rising: Ascension
Doors 6:00PM | Show 7:00PM
Sun, Aug 25, 2024 4:00 PM - Ancestors Rising: Ascension
Doors 3:00PM | Show 4:00PM