COMING THIS FALL
THE PROVENANCE OF BEAUTY /////////
A SOUTH BRONX TRAVELOGUE
BY///CLAUDIA RANKINE
DIRECTED///BY MELANIE JOSEPH

I TELL YOU ALL THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE BEING HERE ALL THAT MATTERS. I WANT OUR VEHICULAR FLOW, THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ALL ACCIDENTS AND DELAYS TO BE PART OF WHAT CONSTITUTES HERE.

DID YOU KNOW THAT THE IDEAL CRUISING SPEED IS ABOUT THIRTY MILES PER HOUR? SPEED LIMITS ARE JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURE ENGINEERS HAVE COME UP WITH. EVEN THEY REALIZE OUR HEART RACES THOUGH WE SIT STILL.

As the violent folklore of the South Bronx ("the Bronx is burning", its lingering epitaph) gives way to new buildings with banners declaring "Luxury Living in So-Bro", Claudia Rankine is writing a play that will interfere with this either/or proposition. PROVENANCE is a poetic travelogue performed on a bus touring the South Bronx.


PREMIERING IN SEPTEMBER.