May 18 & 19, 2007
Silk Road Jams!
Week 27 of Suzan-Lori Parks
365 Days / 365 Plays
Mikhail "Misha" Fiksel
365 Jams with Silk Road Theatre Project! On May 18 & 19, 2007, Silk Road Theatre Project presented a Theatre Jam Session comprised of seven brief, brilliant, tragic and hilarious short plays written by Pulitzer Prize winning African-American playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. Silk Road inspired music (spun live), Indian dance, poetry and vibrant paintings helped weave together these thrilling new works by one of America's most inventive and provocative playwrights. The event was free and open to the public.
Silk Road Jams! was presented in Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building.
Curated by Stuart Carden
with assistance from Allie Herryman, Lavina Jadhwani & Isaac SernoffskyPaintings by Joel Maxime Jr.
Choreography by Alka Nayyar
Beats and Music by Mikhail "Misha" FikselFeaturing: Byron Abalos, Adam Bute, Melissa Canciller, Anita Chandwaney, Gordon Chow, David Chrzanowski, Neal Dandade, Don DiGiulio, Tressa Glover, L'Oreal Jackson, Lavina Jadhwani, Anish Jethmalani, Carol Karaguez, Jennifer Liu, Vince Mahler, John Morrison, Tinuade Oyelowo, Amira Sabbagh, Ruibo Qian, Bethany Thomas, and Tiffany Villarin
ABOUT 365 DAYS/365 PLAYS
The play cycle by Suzan-Lori ParksOn November 13, 2002, SUZAN-LORI PARKS got an idea to write a play a day for a year. She began that very day, finishing one year later. The resulting play cycle, called 365 Days/365Plays, is a daily meditation on an artistic life. Some plays are very short, less than a page. Others last forever.
The plays are brief, brilliant, tragic and hilarious explorations of what it means to be American, all through the lens of one of our must exciting theatrical voices.
Over 900 theatre companies in 15 cities across the nation were involved in this unique theatrical experiment. Each city was comprised of a network of 60 theatre companies and each company tackled one week of the plays.
Choreographer Alka Nayya
