JANUARY 8 - FEBRUARY 1

The Bushwick Starr is thrilled to present the world premiere of The Conversationalists, created by the popular downtown musician-storyteller duo James & Jerome, and developed with and directed by Annie Tippe.

In their most recent experiment with live storytelling and music, as well as their first time working with an ensemble of musicians and performers, James & Jerome create an original movie that plays only inside the audience's minds. This live "movie" is an international melodrama about the triangular friendship (and sometimes enemyship) between a Colombian-born Mexican-raised pop-ranchera star, her teenage son, and a Palestinian-born Jordanian-raised owner of a chess shop in Greenwich Village. The Conversationalists is experienced at once as a theater piece, a concert, a radio play, a night of storytelling, and a movie dreamed together.

Music directed by Jerome Ellis
Additional Music and Orchestrations by: John Murchison, Michelle J. Rodriguez, and Delaney Stockli

Featuring Jerome Ellis, James Harrison Monaco, John Murchison, Michelle J. Rodriguez, and Delaney Stockli

Set Design by Diggle, Lighting Design by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, Sound Design by Lawrence Schober, Video Design by Caroline M. Trewet, Associate Video Design by Taylor Edelle Stuart, Assistant Lighting Designer and Master Electrician: Christina Tang, Production Stage Management by Kelly Kirby, Dramaturgy by Salma S. Zohdi, Produced by Eleanor Regan

Photo by Marcus Middleton

*The show runs 2 hours and 10 minutes with no intermission