Califest '05 Hip-Hop Theatre a Celebration of Hip-hop Culture through Theatre, Dance, Music, Poetry, Spoken Word and Art

cutting edge theater using the hip-hop culture for the nations leading Hip-Hop playwrite

Riverside, CA (PRWEB) April 23, 2005 -- University of California, Riverside Department of theatre presents Califest '05 Hip-Hop Theatre a celebration of hip-hop culture through theatre, dance, music, poetry, spoken word and art. April 26 - 30, Tuesday -- Saturday. For more information call (951) 827-3245. Tickets are available by calling: (951) 827-4331, or e-mail rickerby.hinds@ucr.edu

Schedule of Events
Some performances may not be suitable for all audiences.

April 26, Tuesday, 8:00 pm: Foreshadow
Four one-act plays by local artists explore aspects of hip-hop culture including: selling out, the law, missed opportunities and the global struggle of oppressed peoples with works: Mark Gonzales, Gabriella, Bess Kepp, Janae Heard, Leon Clayborne and Rickerby Hinds.
Theatre Lab, Humanities 411 Admission: $5 General Parking: $5 in Lot 6

April 27, Wednesday, 8:00 pm: Native Voices
Explores hip-hop as a tool of resistance, rebellion and enlightenment by indigenous people around the world featuring emceein', deejayin', spoken word, singing, beatboxin'and breakdancin'. Theatre Lab, Humanities 411 Admission: $5 General     Parking: $5 in Lot 6

April 28, Thursday, 5:00 pm
Word.Art Part I. The demonstration:
Several Graffiti artists demonstrate and break down their techniques while creating a piece.
Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Avenue at Lime Street, downtown Riverside (951) 684-7111. Admission: Free public parking is Free

April 28, Thursday, 7:00 pm: Word.Art Part II. Word On Art:
Spoken-word artists perform poems inspired by works of local visual artists while local visual artists display works inspired by the spoken-word artists. Riverside Art Museum 3425 Mission Inn Avenue at Lime Street, downtown Riverside (951) 684-7111 Admission: Free Free public parking is available

April 29, Friday, 7:00 pm: Tha Moves
Hip-hop dance performance. Theatre Lab, Humanities 411 Admission: $5 General Parking: $5 in Lot 6

April 29, Friday, 9:00 pm: Tha Word
The dopest spoken word artists in Southern California on one stage for one night. Theatre Lab, Humanities 411 Admission: $5 General Parking: $5 in Lot 6

April 30, Saturday, 9:00 pm: CaliFest Closing Events
Foreshadow: Four one-act plays by local artists explore aspects of hip-hop culture including: selling out, the law, missed opportunities and the global struggle of oppressed peoples with works: Mark Gonzales, Gabriella, Bess Kepp, Janae Heard, Leon Clayborne and Rickerby Hinds. Theatre Lab, Humanities 411         Admission: $5 General     Parking: $5 in Lot 6

CaliFest Hip-Hop Theatre is made possible through the generous support of: The Center For Ideas and Society, CHASS Connects, UCR Office of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, UCR Office of Governmental and Community Affairs, African Students Programs, Red Bull, The Black Voice News, The Black Voice Foundation, The Riverside Downtown Partnership, and Riverside Art Museum. *Schedule of events subject to change without notice.
Rickerby Hinds

Biograph
University of California, Los Angeles, MFA, University of California, Riverside, BA Rickery Hinds, Assistant Professor, was Playwright-in-Residence for both the Bay Area Playwrights Festival and the Shakespeare Festival LA. He has taught playwrighting at the University of Cincinnati, California State University, Los Angeles, and at the University of California, Riverside. He has won numerous awards for his original plays including Birthmark, winner of the Audrey Skirball-Kennis UCLA Playwrighting Award, 1996; Film Noir, commissioned by Cornerstone Theatre Company, 1997; and Blackballin', winner ASK/Royal Court Theatre Exchange, 1996. His Keep Da Headz Ringin' A Hip Hop Tetralogy which was commissioned by ASK was performed at California State University, San Bernadino, and recently in a fully-realized production in New York.

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