Theodora Skipatares: The Transfiguration of Benjamin Banneker

THEATER
THURSDAY – SUNDAY, JANUARY 23 – 26, 2020 (continuing through FEBRUARY 2)
7:00 PM THURSDAY - SUNDAY
3:00 PM SUNDAY

La MaMa
66 East 4th Street, East Village, Manhattan

$25; $20 students/seniors
http://lamama.org/benjamin-banneker/

A puppet play about a free black man in late 18th-/early 19th-Century America who taught himself mathematics and astronomy, and made important astronomic discoveries.  Students from a Clinton Hill high school named after Banneker participate, both as musicians as contributing authors.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  It may not be saying much, but Malai Marke is probably the best spot on the 6th Street Indian Strip.