Presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater & Music Theater, with support from Princeton University’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Department of African American Studies, Program in Latin American Studies, Effron Center for the Study of America, and Program in Community-Engaged Scholarship.
El ritmo que nos libre: Das almas assassinadas aos espíritos vivos
by Carrington Johnson
Run Time
Approximately 45 minutes (no intermission)
Program Note
You are caught in the diaspora of the displaced. Memories distant and unknown, you begin to reimagine the idea of home.
Special Notes
Please silence all electronic devices including cellular phones and watches, and refrain from text messaging for the duration of the performance.
Installation Details: March 25-29
Become a collaborator before the show even begins! A free, interactive installation accompanying the performances will be available in the CoLab daily from 10 AM – 6 PM. Explore the artifacts, their stories, and the rhythms they carry. Experiment with traditional sounds, learn from practitioners, and contribute your own creative reimagination to the space.
Accessibility
The CoLab is an accessible venue. The best way to access the CoLab is from the Forum level entrance on Theater Drive across from the train station where the entrance is ramp accessible. The space is also elevator accessible from the plaza at the Arts Tower entrance adjacent to the Roth box office. Visit our Venues and Studios section for accessibility information at our various locations.
Cast
Creator: Carrington Johnson ’24*
Performer: Gianmarco Miranda Bueno ’25
Performer: Justus Wilhoit ’26
Performer: Runnie Exuma G1
Performer: Oriana Nelson ’25
Musicians
Pianist/Composer: Kenny Taylor ’24
Production Team
Director: Layla Williams ’25*
Choreographer: Carrington Johnson ’24*
Set Designer: Layla Williams ’25*
Projection Designer: Carrington Johnson ’24*
Stage Manager: Jehiyah Coles ’25*
Assistant Choreographer: Sabrina Nicacio ’25
Assistant Stage Manager: Aleena Brown ’25*
Run Crew: Rachel Edelstein ’26*
*denotes a certificate student/minor in the Program in Theater & Music Theater
Faculty Advisors
Chesney Snow, Installation Curation & Performance
Rachel Price, Research & Writing
A Note from the Project Proposer
Thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout this process! Diving into this research and pursuing a creative thesis has been life-changing for me as an artist and a Black woman navigating the world. Exploring this diaspora has given me the gift of better understanding myself as a liberated being. I’d especially like to thank my cast and team for being so open and collaborative throughout this experience. We have built a community, and I am so excited to show the work we have imagined together.
— Carrington Johnson
Land Acknowledgement
An estimated 10 million Native Americans lived in North America before the arrival of European colonizers. Many thousands lived in Lenapehoking, the vast homeland of the Lenni-Lenape, who were the first inhabitants of what is now called eastern Pennsylvania and parts of New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware.
Princeton stands on part of the ancient homeland and traditional territory of the Lenape people. In 1756, the College of New Jersey erected Nassau Hall with no recorded consultation with the Lenni-Lenape peoples.
Treaties and forced relocation dispersed Lenape-Delaware to Ohio, Kansas, and Oklahoma. We acknowledge the violence of settler colonialism and pay respect to Lenape peoples past, present, and future and their continuing presence in the homeland and throughout the Lenape diaspora.
For more information, see the websites of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Princeton (NAISIP), Natives at Princeton and Princeton Indigenous Advocacy Coalition.
Lewis Center for the Arts
Chair: Judith Hamera
Executive Director: Marion Friedman Young
Director of Program in Theater: Jane Cox
Producing Artistic Director, Theater And Music Theater Season: Elena Araoz
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