A Maroon Tale by Damon Banks

Presented as part of “And…” A Mabou Mines Festival of Performance, composer Damon Bank’s first multi-media theater piece depicts the life of a West African slave who endures the plantation system, escapes, then lives the rest of his life as an escaped “Maroon”. His contemporary “alter ego” experiences a parallel experience in New York City, overcoming a version of the mass incarceration / prison-industrial complex system.

This piece is presented thanks to a NYSCA commission.

Touissaint Jean-Louis (actor)
Nia Sadler (dancer, choreographer)
Damon Banks (electric bass, composer, arranger, author)
Gwen Laster (violin)
Manu Koch (keyboards, sound design)
Harvey Wirht (drums, percussion)
Adrien H. Tillmann (video production)
Damayanti Wallace (stage manager)
Mathieu De Robles (LX design, operator)