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Pittsburgh Opera presents:
We Shall Not Be Moved
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Tony Award-winner and Kennedy Center Honoree Bill T. Jones directs and choreographs We Shall Not Be Moved, a new opera that takes an unflinching look at our shared past while opening up hope for the future.
On the run after a series of tragic incidents, five teens find refuge in an abandoned, condemned house in West Philadelphia--the former site of the MOVE organization headquarters, ground zero to the infamous 1985 standoff with police that razed a neighborhood leaving 11 people dead, including five children. Inspired by the ghosts who inhabit the home, this found family begins to see their squatting as a matter of destiny and resistance rather than urgent fear.
Combining spoken word, contemporary movement, video projection, classical, R&B, and jazz singing, and a brooding, often joyful score filled with place, purpose, and possibility, We Shall Not Be Moved is a timely exploration of past and present struggles that suggests an alternate path forward through the eyes of its young protagonists.
We Shall Not Be Moved runs from May 13-21 at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center in downtown Pittsburgh. Grab your seats by logging on to the Cultural District ticketing site or by calling 412-456-6666 (phone hours are Mon-Sat: 10 AM to 8 PM and Sun: 12 PM to 8 PM).
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John Holiday as John Blue Kirstin Chávez as Glenda Adam Richardson as John Mack
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*The Box Office at Theater Square is temporarily closed for renovation. Please visit the Benedum Center Box Office — located at 237 7th St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 — for ticketing services. Regular business hours are still in effect (Mon-Sat 10 AM - 6 PM, Sun 12 PM - 4 PM).
(Production image courtesy of Opera Philadelphia)
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