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Opening Night Panel: In Conversation with Author Jason Reynolds (Recording)

Join Stephanie Shonekan, Dean of UMD College of Arts and Humanities, in conversation with award-winning...

Activism in Hip-Hop

Just as Long Way Down is using the art forms of hip-hop and musical theatre...

Hip-Hop/Spoken Word History

Jason Reynolds' original novel was written in verse, we were interested in the overlap between...

Playlist/Music Inspiration for Long Way Down

Linked here are individual YouTube videos to each of the songs, but these songs are...

Interview with the writers of Long Way Down: Dahlak Brathwaite and Khiyon Hursey

As part of the program note for Long Way Down, I conducted an interview with Dahlak Brathwaite...

The Intersections of Hip-Hop and Musical Theatre

From the Program Note:

From its humble beginnings in 1970s New York, hip-hop has become...

Letter from Jason Loewith

I’m writing this just after our Long Way Down design run-through – the first rehearsal...

Letter from Kevin McAllister

We are so excited you are coming to see the world premiere of this new...

Introducing "Long Way Down"

The creative team behind the new musical adaptation of Jason Reynolds' bestselling novel-in-verse, Long Way...