We Have Gone As Far As We Can Together

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Grant Year 2020

Grant Amount $360,000

Status Forthcoming

Updated January 12, 2024

A world-premiere performance revisits the origin story of Thespis, apocryphally the world's first actor, with the protagonist portrayed as a Black woman named Helga and the audience serving as a stand-in for the Greek chorus. The work moves through a series of mantras, sung first by a small choir of musicians embedded in the crowd and eventually by the full audience. Multidisciplinary artist Helga Davis conducts, composes, and writes with a team of collaborators that includes director Charlotte Brathwaite, multidisciplinary artists Sunder Ganglani and Justin Hicks, pianist Alexis Marcelo, composer Meshell Ndegeocello, and filmmaker and multimedia artist Cauleen Smith.

The total grant amount represents project funding plus an additional 20% in unrestricted general operating support.

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