Artists & Projects Directory

• Cie Heddy Maalem
• Dan Hurlin
• David Roussève/REALITY
• Emio Greco|PC
• Gregory Maqoma
• Kassys
• Marc Bamuthi Joseph
• Ralph Lemon
• Rha Goddess
• The America Project
• Yasuko Yokoshi

Marc Bamuthi Joseph/The Living Word Project

the break/s is produced by MAPP International Productions.

World Premieres:

• Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville (KY), March 2008
• Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN), April 2008

Lead commissioning and development support:

• Actors Theatre of Louisville (KY)
• Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN), with support from a Joyce Foundation Award
• Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA)
• National Black Arts Festival (Atlanta, GA)

the break/s was also commissioned by Youth Speaks through the East Bay Fund for Artists at East Bay Community Foundation, with support from the Ford Foundation's LINC Initiative, The James Irvine Foundation, The Surdna Foundation, The Wattis Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the EBCF.

the break/s has received generous support from:

• The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation
• The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Emerging Playwrights 2006 Initiative
• Association of Performing Arts Presenters Ensemble Theatre Collaborations Grant Program, a component of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Theatre Initiative
• The Rockefeller Foundation Multi-Arts Production Fund
• The James Irvine Foundation
• National Endowment for the Arts
• Zellerbach Family Foundation

 the break/s was developed during residencies at:

• Actors Theatre of Louisville (KY)
• Painted Bride Art Center (Philadelphia, PA)
• University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI)
• Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN)
• Z Space (San Francisco, CA)

Presenters of the break/s include: 

• Actors Theater of Louisville (KY)
• Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN)
• Spoleto Festival (Charleston, SC)
• Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA)
• The Kennedy Center (Washington, DC)
• Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU (New York, NY)
• Miami Dade College (Miami, FL)
• August Wilson Center for African American Culture (Pittsburgh, PA)
• National Black Arts Festival (Atlanta, GA)
• Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, IL)