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Behold this wonderfully creative retelling of a true story, through the eyes, voice, words and lyricism of Malik Work. Malik blurs the lines of hip hop and theater in this compelling one-man show capturing the urban artist’s resilience and proclivity to rise, fall, then rise again. Through personal anecdotes, curated video footage, exhilarating music, and an award winning theatrical performance, Work paints a portrait of an artist as a young man become grown, on the unforgiving city “blocks” he’s been trying to escape.
Malik Work, the NYC based actor-teacher-writer-emcee is a founding member of the groundbreaking jazz/hip hop conglomerate: The Real Live Show. He has written and starred in a one-person Hip Hop Theater piece entitled Verses At Work, for which he was nominated for Best Solo Performance at the AUDELCO Awards. The remix version of the show was featured on tour with the Public Theater’s Mobile Unit. He also wrote, starred in, and executive produced a film version of Verses @ Work that was notably selected by the Hip Hop Film Festival, and won the International Spotlight Award at the Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival. As a playwright, Malik was commissioned by the Folger Shakespeare Theater to co-write Our Verse In Time to Come, a play at the intersection of Hip Hop, Shakespeare, social justice and mass incarceration. The play toured Washington DC public libraries, and debuted at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in DC. As an actor, his television credits include the notable Broad City on Comedy Central and Blacklist: Redemption on NBC. He has provided award-winning voice-over for national network commercials, scripted television, radio, and internet.
Voice International Theatre and Arts Festival supported in-part by funding through the NJEDA’s A.R.T. – Phase IIGrant Program and Visit NJ
If you require ADA accommodations, please email [email protected]
Malik Work, the NYC based actor-teacher-writer-emcee is a founding member of the groundbreaking jazz/hip hop conglomerate: The Real Live Show. He has written and starred in a one-person Hip Hop Theater piece entitled Verses At Work, for which he was nominated for Best Solo Performance at the AUDELCO Awards. The remix version of the show was featured on tour with the Public Theater’s Mobile Unit. He also wrote, starred in, and executive produced a film version of Verses @ Work that was notably selected by the Hip Hop Film Festival, and won the International Spotlight Award at the Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival. As a playwright, Malik was commissioned by the Folger Shakespeare Theater to co-write Our Verse In Time to Come, a play at the intersection of Hip Hop, Shakespeare, social justice and mass incarceration. The play toured Washington DC public libraries, and debuted at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in DC. As an actor, his television credits include the notable Broad City on Comedy Central and Blacklist: Redemption on NBC. He has provided award-winning voice-over for national network commercials, scripted television, radio, and internet.
Voice International Theatre and Arts Festival supported in-part by funding through the NJEDA’s A.R.T. – Phase IIGrant Program and Visit NJ
If you require ADA accommodations, please email [email protected]
Event Location
Grace Church Van Vorst
39 Erie St, Jersey City, NJ, 07302
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