Mobile Unit’s Summer of Joy

Mobile Unit’s Summer of Joy will be a pop-up experience in New York’s open spaces with three key community and performance elements. Each day will begin with the National Black Theatre’s Stage for Healing and Resilience, co-produced by The Public Theater and National Black Theatre in continuation of a relationship that dates back to the 1960s.

This community stage will be followed by VERSES @ WORK – THE ABRIDGED MIX, written and performed by Mobile Unit artist Malik Work. The experience will culminate in SHAKESPEARE: CALL AND RESPONSE, conceived and directed by Patricia McGregor. A couple of tour stops will also be visited by People’s Bus, a project of the NYC Civic Engagement Commission that focuses on five initiatives: well-being and mental health; climate justice and environmental health; know your rights education; food security; and participatory budgeting and economic empowerment. When joining us on tour, we strongly encourage you to wear a mask and to practice physical distancing.

TOUR SCHEDULE – All Stops Start at 4:30pm:
July 31-August 1: Astor Place (Manhattan)
August 5-6: Roberto Clemente Plaza (Bronx)
August 7: Johnny Hartman Plaza (Manhattan)
August 8: 125th Street Plaza (Manhattan)
August 12: Osborn Plaza (Brooklyn)
August 13: Albee Square (Brooklyn)
August 14: Johnny Hartman Plaza (Manhattan)
August 15: 125th Street Plaza (Manhattan)
August 19: Minthorne Street (Staten Island)
August 20: Albee Square (Brooklyn)
August 21-22: Myrtle/Wyckoff Plaza (Queens)
August 26-27: Minthorne Street (Staten Island)
August 28-29: Osborn Plaza (Brooklyn)

*Locations, dates, and times are subject to change.