On the Boards presents JACK & by Kaneza Schaal and Cornell Alston
General admission $23-$30 / Seniors $21-$23 / Under 25: $12-$15
Join us for a new experimental theater work that considers the measureless damages of being in prison – not the amount of time one has served but the amount of one’s dreaming that is given to the state.
JACK & is built around ongoing conversations between Kaneza Schaal, a veteran Elevator Repair Service and the Wooster Group performer, and Cornell Alston, a longtime member of Rehabilitation Through the Arts. This new work addresses reentry into society after prison and the internal lives of the incarcerated. JACK & combines influences from disparate sources like 1950s sitcom The Honeymooners to African American debutante balls to imagined entering-society ceremonies, building a portrait of a dream interrupted and resumed.
After all performances, the artists will host a cake reception and audience discussion to collectively consider recipes that rebuild dreaming.
JACK & is conceived and directed by Kaneza Schaal (http://www.kanezaschaal.com/). It stars Cornell Alston, a long-time member of Rehabilitation Through the Arts, and features a set designed by artist Christopher Myers, with live music by musician and composer Rucyl Mills (https://rucyl.com/).
Tickets:
General admission: $23 ($30 week of)
Seniors: $21 ($23 week of)
Under 25: $12 ($15 week of)