GIOVANNI’S ROOM (2018)

"i had decided to allow no room in the universe for something which shamed and frightened me…by not looking at the universe, by not looking at myself, by remaining…in constant motion.”

—james baldwin

This work was built for the theater, and follows the story of

James baldwin’s novel: giovanni’s room, 1956.

PREMIERE: 2018, Boston

LENGTH: 12-20 minutes

PERFORMERS: 3

MUSIC: antonin dvorak & philip glass