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Date

July 29, 2023 2:00PM

Description

The Half-God of Rainfall
by Inua Ellams and directed by Taibi Magar
at New York Theatre Workshop

1 Ticket includes:
Admission for one to the July 29, 2 PM performance of The Half-God of Rainfall at New York Theatre Workshop, an exclusive post-show conversation with Taibi Magar and Inua Ellams, and dinner with PTC Leadership and other attendees. Transportation is not included in the ticket purchase.

Description of play:
When Demi, the half Nigerian-mortal, half Greek-god, is angry, rain clouds gather. When he cries, rivers burst their banks. And the first time he takes a shot on a basketball court, the deities of the land wake up.

From award-winning poet and playwright, Inua Ellams (Barber Shop Chronicles) comes a new myth that spans continents and millennia. The Half-God of Rainfall is a contemporary epic that weaves poetry and storytelling in a majestic journey that transports us from a tiny village in South West Nigeria to an NBA arena in the United States to the hallowed halls of Mount Olympus, where the mothers, daughters, and goddesses take a stand against the fragile, furious and entitled gods. Obie Award winner and NYTW Usual Suspect Taibi Magar (Help) directs.

Location: 
New York Theatre Workshop is located at 79 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003 (between Bowery & 2nd Avenue)

CONTENT ADVISORY: The Half-God of Rainfall details but does not depict sexual violence.

For this event, Philadelphia Theatre Company will follow the venue's policy. New York Theatre Workshop Covid policies can be found here. Masks are not required. 

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