Tickets $30-$40
$15 student tickets
Performances
January 22 @ 8pm
January 23 @ 5pm*
*ASL interpreted performance
Location
Te Ata Theater
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center
11 NW 11th St. | Oklahoma City, OK 73103
COVID Protocols
All patrons must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or provide proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken 72 hours prior to the start of the performance. A physical vaccination card or a photo of a physical vaccination card will be accepted. Masks are required for all guests and must be worn during the performance.
Written and Performed by
Inua Ellams
Music Selection by
DJ Sid Mercutio
Presented by
OKC Rep in Partnership with Oklahoma Contemporary
in Association with Inua Ellams and Fuel
Born to a Muslim father and a Christian mother in what is now considered by many to be Boko Haram territory, award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams left Nigeria for England in 1996 aged 12, moved to Ireland for three years, before returning to London and starting work as a writer and graphic designer.
Part of this story was documented in his autobiographical Fringe First Award-winning play The 14th Tale, but much of it is untold. Littered with poems, stories and anecdotes, Inua tells his ridiculous, fantastic, poignant immigrant-story of escaping fundamentalist Islam, experiencing prejudice and friendship in Dublin, performing solo at the National Theatre, and drinking wine with the Queen of England, all the while without a country to belong to or place to call home.
This presentation is part of a new initiative with The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival called UNDER THE RADAR: ON THE ROAD.
AN EVENING WITH AN IMMIGRANT will be performed as part of the 18th Annual Under the Radar Festival at The Public Theater in New York City from January 18-20. Following these performances in the Under the Radar Festival, AN EVENING WITH AN IMMIGRANT will come to Oklahoma City on January 22-23 and then to Stanford Live on January 29-30.
PRESS:
Spend 'An Evening with an Immigrant': 5 questions with Inua Ellams ahead of his OKC debut
the oklahoman
“Inua Ellams brings 'Evening with an Immigrant' to OKC for delightful Oklahoma debut"
the oklahoman
"The Immigrant Song: Inua Ellams and His Long Journey to OKC Rep"
THE lost ogle
OKC FRIDAY
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