Party People (play): Difference between revisions

Party People is a play with music. Play, and music conceived/created by UNIVERSES Theater Ensemble. Instrumentation by Broken Chord. Directed/Developed by Liesl Tommy. Choreography by Millicent Jinny. It was originally commissioned by The Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2009 and Premiered at The Festival in 2012. <ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.broadwayworld.com/portland/article/PARTY-PEOPLE-Joins-OSF-Rep-Liesl-Tommy-Directs-20120621|title=PARTY PEOPLE Joins OSF Rep; Liesl Tommy Directs|work=Broadway World|location= NY|date=June 21, 2012|publisher=Broadway World|last=News Desk|first=BWW |accessdate=June 21, 2012}}</ref> The production was then produced at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2014 <ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Party-People-review-Black-Panthers-Young-5848103.php|title='Party People’ review: Black Panthers, Young Lords reborn|work=SF Gate|location= San Francisco, CA|date=October 27, 2014|publisher=San Francisco Gate|last=Hurwitt|first=Robert |accessdate=October 27, 2014}}</ref> and later at The Public Theater (NY) in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/theater/party-people-review.html|title=‘Party People,’ a Nostalgic Look at 1960s Radicalism|work=The New York Times|location= NY, NY|date=June 21, 2012|publisher=The New York Times|last=Soloski|first=Alexis |accessdate=June 21, 2012}}</ref> It is an original work inspired by the revolutionary movements of the sixties and seventies, namely the Black Panther Party and The Young Lords (a Puerto Rican organization born in Chicago, then opening chapters all over the country, and namely NYC.