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Surface Transit
written and performed by sarah jones
directed by tony taccone
parallel season | thrust stage
april 18–june 1, 2003
Running time: 1 hour and 40 minutes, no intermission
“your revolution will not happen between these thighs …
the real revolution
ain’t about booty size
the Versaces you buys
the Lexus you drives … ”
In the tradition of the wildly successful Lily Tomlin and Whoopi Goldberg, the vivacious and outspoken performance artist Sarah Jones brings her critically-acclaimed piece Surface Transit to Berkeley Rep. As a recognized up-and-coming African American poet and spoken word performer, Jones weaves savvy political humor and arresting language into a collection of monologues detailing the disparate yet cosmically linked lives of eight idiosyncratic New Yorkers. Hailed as “Off-Broadway’s goddess of the quick change,” Jones presents a dissection of prejudice imbued with characters that share hilariously provocative stories. Sarah Jones appeared in Spike Lee’s film Bamboozled, and recently performed for the United Nations.
