On Tour

Changing the face of American Theater

TOUR SCHEDULE 2010

2011

* May 3rd, 2011
HEMISPHERIC INSTITUTE
(20 Cooper Square)
(NYC, NY)
ARTIST CHAT

* April 15-16, 2011
EDISON THEATRE
Washington Univ. in St. Louis
(ST. LOUIS, MO)
AMERIVILLE Unplugged (Concert Version)

* April 8th, 2011
PORTLAND OVATIONS
Hannaford Hall, USM
(Portland, ME)
LIVE FROM THE EDGE

* April 1st, 2011
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
UI Theatre Bldg, Mabie Theatre (Iowa City, IA)
AMERIVILLE

* JANUARY 5-16, 2011
THE PUBLIC THEATER
Under The Radar Festival
(NYC, NY)
AMERIVILLE

THE WORK

PARTY PEOPLE
By: UNIVERSES
(Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, Gamal Chasten, William Ruiz (aka- NINJA))

LET BYGONES BE
By: Gamal Abdel Chasten

AMERIVILLE
BY: UNIVERSES
(Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, Gamal Chasten, William Ruiz (aka- NINJA))

THE DENVER PROJECT
By: Steven Sapp & Mildred Ruiz

ONE SHOT IN LOTUS POSITION
By: Steven Sapp and Mildred Ruiz

THE LAST WORD
By: Gamal Abdel Chasten

BLUE SUITE
(EYEWITNESS BLUES)
By: Steven Sapp & Mildred Ruiz

LIVE FROM THE EDGE
By: UNIVERSES
(Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, Gamal Chasten, William Ruiz (aka- NINJA)

SLANGUAGE
By: UNIVERSES
(Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, Gamal Chasten, Flaco Navaja, Lemon)

THE RIDE
By: UNIVERSES
(Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, Gamal Chasten, Flaco Navaja, Lemon)

INTERNATIONAL TOUR

WHAT THEY SAY

“The New York performance group Universes — with their dazzling display of linguistic fireworks — make Def Poetry Jam seem like a meeting of the Dead Poet’s Society.”
- Boston Bay-State Banner

“For what these brilliant wordsmiths really do -- and do with the kind of verbal and musical facility old Bill Shakespeare engaged in when modern English itself was in its earliest stages of development -- is nothing short of reinventing the multiplicity of mother tongues in which they negotiate their world on a daily basis.”
- Chicago Sun-Times

“A headlong explosion of poetry, percussion, and multi-culti musical exploration that absolutely demands to be seen.”
- The Boston Globe

“The group's musical sophistication is especially surprising. Blasting through the fractured syntax of New York urban culture, the quintet exhibits the melodic veracity of a seasoned doo-wop group and the contrapuntal percussion of an adroit rhythm section.”
- Variety

“Call this ‘Stomp’ for the larynx…Those who have previously dismissed rap and hip-hop as bastardized and anti-intellectual will find Slanguage a captivating glimpse of a much-maligned movement. These eloquent practitioners confirm that modern poetry, so sadly marginalized in recent decades, can still resonate in our contemporary culture.”
- Los Angeles Times

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

"An effervescent, racially mixed group who call themselves Universes...are as likely to kick some poetry as break out into a capella singing, to orchestrate a vocal exercise as they are to burst into a step show....Their energy and realness is unmatchable."
- The Village Voice

"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

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

“With an unremitting athletic urgency, the performers ripped through a kaleidoscopic tour of urban street language as it was, is and might be. It's a wild, rattling ride, spilling over with humor, passion, insight and political awareness, with the occasional shuttle to pathos, lest we forget that ghetto life ain't all fun and games.”
- Anchorage Daily News

“Slang offers a common ground between young and old, urban and rural, white and ethnic. Slanguage makes the cast's verbal art — and the cast members themselves — visible to audiences who typically would not see or hear them. And that's a good thing.”
- The Courier-Journal of Louisville, KY

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