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self (the remix)

written and performed by robert farid karimi
with live soundscapes spun by DJ D Double.
directed by Ellen Sebastian Chang

Storyteller/performance artist, def poetry jam performer, national poetry slam champion robert farid karimi — supported by an amazing soundscape spun live by Chicago DJ and Violator All-Star DJ D Double — mixes together stories, movement, and music to tell the tale of a first generation child of Iranian and Guatemalan immigrants learning how to survive the cultural imperialism of the United States on his quest to find wholeness in the fractured atmosphere of the 70s and 80s.

With the Iranian Hostage Crisis, the birth of 80s conservatism, and bay area suburban teenage angst as his backdrop, karimi tells a remixed autobiographical tale of a boy struggling to learn about manhood, nationhood, and neighborhood with the voices and music of his environment helping him along. The sound design is a masterful soundscape of modern music, 80s hip hop, 70s disco, house music, and punk rock. From disco-filled Mexican restaurants to mixed culture moshpits, karimi and DJ D Double traverse time through sound.


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***Performance dates***

Invited Dress Rehearsal Wed, Feb 24 7:30 p.m.
PREVIEW Thu, Feb 25 7:30 p.m.
PREVIEW Fri, Feb 26 7:30 p.m.
PREVIEW, Sat, Feb 27 7:30 p.m.
PREVIEW, Sun, Feb 28 2:00 p.m.
PREVIEW, Wed, Mar 3 10:00 a.m. High School Matinee
PREVIEW, Thu, Mar 4 7:30 p.m.
OPENING, Fri, Mar 5 7:30 p.m.
Sat, Mar 6 7:30 p.m.
Sun, Mar 7 2:00 p.m.
Thu, Mar 11 7:30 p.m.
Fri, Mar 12 7:30 p.m.
Sat, Mar 13 7:30 p.m.
Sun, Mar 14 2:00 p.m.
Thu, Mar 18 7:30 p.m.
Fri, Mar 19 7:30 p.m.
Sat, Mar 20 7:30 p.m.
Sun, Mar 21 2:00 p.m.

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self (the remix)

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The 10th Avenue Theatre

Community: Downtown / Gaslamp

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