Try/Step/Trip — live event on Nov 20, 2026
Try/Step/Trip at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City on Fri, Nov 20, 7:30 PM. Tickets from $20. Lineup, start time and tickets on Ckord.
Try/Step/Trip Powerful, provocative, poignant… and an incisively personal rumination on the ritual structures and strictures of faith — whether that be faith in the church, in the courts, in the prison system, in court-mandated rehab and recovery. Try/Step/Trip feels like a noteworthy benchmark in the history of the “hip hop musical” for two main reasons: Creator Dahlak Brathwaite’s distinctive autobiographical voice and Try/Step/Trip’s electrifying ensemble work. Brathwaite’s confident compositional voice — lyric, musical, dramaturgical — anchors the heart and presence of this piece, allowing the extraordinary ensemble to soar beyond him. And soar they do. My mental list of Try/Step/Trip’s standout ensemblists quickly expanded to include nearly the entire cast but I must note Dante Rossi, whose distinctive presence and expansive skillset really caught my attention (and my imagination and my heart). Truth be told, though, Try/Step/Trip becomes extraordinary because of its exhilarating elaboration of Black step dance as a choreographic vocabulary for music theatre storytelling. Toran X. Moore’s choreography — as shaped dramaturgically by (legendary) director Roberta Uno — lifts Brathwaite’s compelling narrative to the next theatrical level, where the action of any individual person/performer is always already part of a larger system… Try/Step/Trip’s step work provides not only an exhilarating dance spectacle but also a powerful soundscape (especially as percussive counterpoint to Brathwaite’s words/music) and an unexpectedly emotional scaffolding for the dramatic arc of Brathwaite’s narrative. An extraordinary experience and noteworthy accomplishment. Book, Music, and Lyrics by Dahlak Brathwaite Directed by Roberta Uno Choreography by Toran X. Moore If you require ADA accommodations, please email [email protected] or call 201-795-5386
Starts: Fri, Nov 20, 7:30 PM
Ends: Fri, Nov 20, 9:30 PM
Where: 337 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302, United States
Price: $20
Venue: White Eagle Hall
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