There Are Other Worlds

There Are Other Worlds:

Written and Directed by Junauda Petrus

There Are Other Worlds tells the story of Amri Akenyemi, a mother, Black activist, struggling yogi and a woman serving fifteen years in a maximum security prison for a crime of passion. This production uses aerial arts, poetry, and movement to embody Amri's journey of healing her broken relationship with her teenage daughters.
     
"The play reflects on themes echoing through our current reality and societal questioning of justice, race, love, humanity, divinity, protection, healing, and freedom," says Playwright Junauda Petrus.   
   
Set in the year 1999, There Are Other Worlds utilizes hip-hop and jazz music, the vertical landscape of aerial arts, and an all woman of color cast, to tell a tale that is both complicated and deeply integrated into the fabric of our society. There Are Other Worlds' soundscape will be done by locally bred and nationally renowned singer/songwriter and emcee Sarah White. Featuring moving performances by a a dynamic castThere Are Other Worlds is an homage to rich friendships, motherhood, the Black Liberation Struggle, and caring for one another's spirits.   

Photos by Sarah White

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