We produce music and books that inspire sea-change: “A better world is possible!” (Arundhati Roy)
BOOKS
FIRE DRAGON STREET THEATER: 1962-1967
This memoir-driven novel chronicles my soul-searching journey from introspective, apolitical sculptor to thespian protestor in the iconic 60s. Protagonist Lucina, born to a conservative Protestant midwestern family, armed with a Master’s of Fine Arts and a fierce desire to carve out an identity, realizes her education has just begun when her loft in New York City’s factory district becomes a hub for articulate politicos.
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WHEELIN’ ACROSS THE LAND: SPRING 1967
Sequel to Fire Dragon Street Theater: 1962-1967
In Wheelin’ Across the Land: Spring 1967, the Fire Dragon Street Theater troupe, now on a cross-country tour, is hell-bent on enlightening audiences about their country’s injustices. Fourteen young actors with spirited egos and opinions perform their confrontational collectively-created dramas for feisty students, critical professors, and older activists who simultaneously challenge the troupe to deepen their awareness about how capitalism produces these injustices. Cheryl, the troupe’s only Black member, persuades the group to reformulate “Choice” into a powerful exposé about the oppression of Black soldiers during the Vietnam War. Her passionate and empathic love relationship with a white actress forges a dynamic, challenging energy that further promotes the young peoples’ growth. Protagonist Lucina, although in love with her movement husband, allows herself to savor the memory of an electrifying lesbian moment back in New York City. This memoir-driven sequel to Fire Dragon Street Theater is a blueprint for all kinds of humane collaborations. Each actor’s unique obsessions and tensions resonate with our own in our struggle for healthy, meaningful lives. Did we make a difference? Can we make a difference? Here we go again! Read more about our books
MUSIC
About Jeri Hilderley’s music:
“The music is avant-garde, improvisational as well as compositional….One might call it ‘classical,’ another ‘jazz.’ It could be either or both, but I think it defies classification….” – Kay Gardner, Composer, in Paid My Dues. “To hear the songs of Jeri is to be carried out of oneself into some wholly new and remarkable time and place. There is no one like her, and no one now writing songs whose work stays with me the way hers does.”- Nancy Willard, poet/novelist “…ethereal, sensuous, and teasing, the songs are romantic, whimsical, yearning, and fun.” – Merry Gangemi, Producer, Host, Woman-Stirred Radio, Radio Goddard, GDR.
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