The Public Theater

From January 8 to January 15, The Public Theater will present a festival version of PARABLE OF THE SOWER. Based on the post-apocalyptic novel by the late Afro-futurist and science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, PARABLE OF THE SOWER is a genre-defying opera that harnesses two centuries of Black music. Conceived by Toshi Reagon, whom Vibe Magazine called “one helluva rock’n’roller-coaster ride,” in collaboration with, Bernice Johnson Reagon, the iconic singer, scholar and activist, PARABLE chronicles the spiritual awakening of young Lauren Olamina amidst a dystopian America wracked by the violence brought on by unrelenting greed and systemic injustice.