Throwback: My NY debut in BARS Workshop Vol 2

Back on September 5, 2016, I teamed up with a dozen highly-skilled actors, singers, dancers, and rappers to put on the #BARS Medley Vol. 2 at The Public Theater in New York City. This was my acting debut and New York City writing debut.




The assignment was to take classic works of literature and rewrite them in modern verse, for a modern audience. The course was taught by Rafael Casal over several weeks the summer of 2016, and Daveed Diggs joined us for the final performance.

I contributed writing to "Rapper in the Rye" introduced by Javier Muñoz from Hamilton, and also the finale piece titled "The Mediocre Gatsby." I acted in Lord of the Flies, Autobiography of Malcom X, and Great Gatsby.

Here are some behind-the-scenes photos:








Participants who made BARS Vol 2 possible include: Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Pharoahe Monch, Javier Muñoz, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Anthony Ramos, Sarah Kay, Carven Lissaint, Carlos López Estrada, Jalene Goodwin, Janelle McDermoth, Karl Igleslias, Ricardo Perez Gonzalez, Shannon Matesky, Sofia Snow, Benjamin Earl Turner, Broke MC, Jay Adana, Zeniba Britt, Nora Fox, Ato Blankson-Wood, Ryan Nicole, Zainab Jah, Lindsay Meck, Jon Victor Corpuz, Jared Dixon, Danny Bevins, Nate Lombardi, Ashley August, Matt Werner, and Virginia Cavaliere.