The New Renaissance Presents: Ancestral Origins
This summer our launch of the multi-media production company, The New Renaissance LLC , was a success thanks to supporters like you. We paid a cast of over 30 local artists and presented a night of powerful and uplifting community art for an all-age audience of over 200 guests.
Here is a quote from one of our guests:
“Joe Davis is a multiple talent. The show he produced was a quality presentation that paid tribute to the immensity of black musical culture. He had enough meaningful talent for four shows but he created one. A show with feeling and meaning created by a diverse group of talented artists, any of which could have been the star on their own. Bottom line, he cared about the performers and audience both. That care and attention to detail came across making one special evening. This promises a bright future for the artists he presented, the audiences he entertained, and Joe Davis, himself.”
John Ellis | Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
We've even received multiple letters in the mail expressing gratitude for the impact of the production. More testimonials can be found here .
Now, we're producing a 4-show immersive, afrofuturistic theater experience and we need your help! We're raising funds to:
- Pay the artists
- Set design
- Equipment
- Costumes
- Sound
- Lighting
- Provide scholarships for youth to attend the production
As part of the AMPLIFY Program (which gives space to underrepresented stories) we have four shows at The Southern Theater on December 5-8.
We know we have a transformative story to tell and we need your help telling it. Please consider donating any amount and joining us in co-creating a world of more joy and beauty through the arts!
Images of Kenna Cottman starring as "The Vibration" and Johannah Easley starring as "The Light" in our most recent production, Ancestral Echoes. Photo taken by DenZell Gilliard.
To connect or learn more please visit JoeDavisPoetry.com.
