{"id":5903,"date":"2026-01-27T23:14:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T23:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/critically-acclaimed-try-step-trip-extends-run\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T23:14:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T23:14:45","slug":"critically-acclaimed-try-step-trip-extends-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islandflavaradio.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/critically-acclaimed-try-step-trip-extends-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Critically acclaimed Try\/Step\/Trip extends run"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>After critical acclaim and strong word-of-mouth, Dahlak Brathwaite\u2019s genre-defying dance-theater work Try\/Step\/Trip, choreographed by Toran Moore and directed by Roberta Uno, has extended its New York run by one week.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Originally scheduled as a three-week run, the production will now continue through Sunday, Feb. 1.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The limited engagement continues at The Jeffery and Paula Gural Theatre A.R.T.\/New York Theatres (502 W. 53rd St., New York, NY 10019).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Performances began Thursday, Jan. 8, and now continue through Sunday, Feb. 1. Opening Night was Saturday, Jan. 10.<br \/>\nHailed by critics for its bold theatrical language and emotional immediacy, Try\/Step\/Trip has quickly emerged as one of Under the Radar Festival\u2019s most talked-about works.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe piece blends movement, text, and music to explore identity, memory, and connection, inviting audiences into an experience that is both intimate and electrifying,\u201d Brathwaite said. \u201cThe extension offers new opportunities for audiences and critics alike to experience the production, which has resonated strongly with dance and theatergoers seeking work that challenges form while remaining deeply human.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Inspired by Brathwaite\u2019s own history, Try\/Step\/Trip is a rite of passage orchestrated to save one of the justice system\u2019s newest inductees from the ultimate plight of criminalization.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Brathwaite said Try\/Step\/Trip is \u201ca high-powered theatrical mixtape that fuses spoken word, hip-hop, step, and ritual to tell the story of \u2018Anonymous\u2019, a young Black man navigating a court-mandated drug rehabilitation program and the larger systems shaping his identity.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Guided and provoked by \u201cThe Conductor\u201d and a chorus of fellow participants, Brathwaite said Anonymous is pushed through memories, music, and mythologies that reveal \u201cthe tension between who he is, who he\u2019s told to be, and who he wants to become.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cAs the group\u2019s movement and storytelling intensify, from confessional meetings to ecstatic club nights to reimagined church rituals, the piece unravels the cycles of punishment, performance, and possibility embedded in America\u2019s criminal justice and cultural narratives,\u201d Brathwaite said. \u201cTry\/Step\/Trip becomes a live excavation of Blackness, transformation, and the struggle to find freedom within and beyond the systems determined to define you.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The production stars Tyrese Shawn Avery (Long Way Down &#8211; Olney Theatre Center), Dahlak Brathwaite, Jasmine Gatewood, Max Katz, Richard Perez Jr., Freddy Ramsey, Jr., Krystal Renee (Stomp -Off Broadway, World Tour), and Dante Rossi.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The production features lighting design by Sim Carpenter and Sound Engineering by Saida Joshua-Smith. The Stage Manager is Cassiel Fawcett, and Publicity and social media support by Katie Rosin\/Kampfire PR.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Try\/Step\/Trip plays the following schedule through Sunday, Feb. 1: Jan. 28 &#8211; 8 p.m.; Jan. 29 &#8211; 8 p.m.; Jan. 30 &#8211; 8 p.m.; Jan. 31 &#8211; noon &amp; 8 p.m.; and Feb. 1 &#8211; 1:30 p.m.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After critical acclaim and strong word-of-mouth, Dahlak Brathwaite\u2019s genre-defying dance-theater work Try\/Step\/Trip, choreographed by Toran Moore and directed by Roberta Uno, has extended its New York run by one week. Originally scheduled as a three-week run, the production will now continue through Sunday, Feb. 1. 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