Songs of the Living

Songs are sacred, songs are history, songs are games, songs are recipes, songs are a technology for shaping our world—there’s a song for everything. Now, here’s your chance to join celebrated singer, songwriter, and activist Toshi Reagon for the climax of a series celebrating song this fall! Audiences are invited to join Toshi, Alasarah and the Nubatones, New York Arabic Chorus, Nona Hendryx, Baba Israel, and more special guests as we collectively learn to sing songs of resistance and resilience together.

Over four weeks, Soho Rep is partnering with an incredible coalition of artistic and civic centers across all five boroughs of New York City—including Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Bronxlandia, The Africa Center, National Sawdust, Flushing Town Hall, Another World, Weeksville Heritage Center, Queens Public Library, Lincoln Center, El Puente, and BAM—to produce 11 evenings of music and fellowship.

Each of the first 10 evenings has its own theme—from sacred songs to hip hop, from disco to songs for young people—and some include songs in Spanish, Arabic, and American Sign Language. The final night, in The Adam Space at BAM, gathers threads from the previous 10 evenings into a single powerful congregation around these Songs of the Living.