The Play:
Slanguage is a full evening work of text and movement where traditional theater synthesizes with poetry, storytelling, rhythm, music, song and dance. In this work, Universes searches and combs the gamut of language and culture. Built loosely around the structure of a subway ride from Brooklyn to the Bronx, the piece paints a rich portrait of the sights and sounds of New York City in rap, gospel, riffs, bluesy laments, and other poetic forms. Travel the subways where beggars, battery sellers and preachers rile the trains‚ riders, and are transported above ground to an urban landscape where Universes beats out the rhythm, to quote New York Times critic Lawrence Van Gelder, "of the great Puerto Rican migration, the politics of dislocation, the problems of assimilation," along with the high cost of poverty and the obstacles to living your dreams.

The Company:
Universes is an ensemble of multi-disciplined writers and performers who fuse poetry, theater, jazz, hip-hop, politics, down home blues and Spanish boleros to create moving, challenging and entertaining theatrical works. The group breaks the bounds of traditional theater to create their own brand of performance, inviting old and new generations of theater-makers as well as theater-goers and newcomers to reshape the face of American theater.

The Reviews:
"What we are witnessing here is the unmistakable birth of new art for a new generation."
The New York Theatre Experience

"Slanguage will catch you by surprise, snap you to attention. Whether you feel like a true urban American or an absolute alien to this culture, Slanguage is a great experience."
Curtainup.com

"Exuberant, insightful ... they have created something special, a work of heart and soul that distills the essence of the city."
The New York Times

Website: www.h-artmanagement.com/artists/universes