prayers for a hopeless romantic: lovers rock

Dancer and musician joseph webb, a recipient of the 2024–2025 YoungArts Fellowship, presents excerpts from prayers for a hopeless romantic: lovers rock. This work-in-process celebrates and honors the birth of the lovers rock reggae era through musical theatre conventions; tap dance, reggae music, and spoken word.

The performance will be followed by a discussion with the hopeless romantic creative team, as well as a reception with access to the DR Center gallery, currently showing Sketching Light: Chagall’s Windows for Union Church.

prayers for a hopeless romantic: lovers rock will be further developed during a two-week residency at Pocantico. Additional support was provided by NextLOOK and the Changing Tap Times Initiative. Directed by Adesola Osakalumi; book by Cris Eli Blak; composition by Hope Ubobi, and creative direction and choreography by joseph webb.

Presented in partnership with YoungArts and the RBF’s Culpeper Arts & Culture program.