by Alle Mims
Showtimes
Saturday, April 22 @ 2:30 PM and 8 PM
Sunday, April 23 @ 1 PM
In 1932, a 31-year-old Langston Hughes traveled with a group of Harlem Renaissance artists from New York to Moscow in order to make a communist propaganda film. We follow Langston Hughes on the trip he thought would change the world as he struggles to smooth tension between his group of Black intellectuals and their ignorant but determined allies, the Soviets. As other character’s narratives take over, Hughes finds himself under the scrutiny of both his race and his Party in a clash of propaganda and authenticity in a new age of popular culture.
About the Playwright
Alle Mims is one email away from fleeing the country but in the meantime, they love reading and writing about Black, Red and Pink Revolutionaries. You can find them doom scrolling everywhere @allemims
About the New Plays Festival
Columbia University School of the Arts presents an expanded festival of new plays written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Students. The esteemed faculty who have nurtured these students, including Tony©, Pulitzer, and Obie Award winners such as Leslie Ayvazian, David Henry Hwang, Lynn Nottage, Charles Mee, and Rogelio Martinez, invite you to experience these innovative new playwrights.
Organized by Leslie Ayvazian, Theatre.