Using a diverse cast of singers, actors, poets, and performers, "I, Too, Sing America" honors and weaves the perspectives and experiences of American artists of color with poetry, song, music and movement, featuring original compositions by Othello Jefferson. The performances of “I, Too, Sing America” are on Friday, July 27 at 8PM and Saturday, July 28 at 2PM and 8PM in the celebrated Buriel Clay Theater. With a company of thirty-one dancers and singers, “I, Too, Sing America” highlights poetic works by artists including Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Beyonce, Frances Chung, Gwendolyn Brooks, Alice Walker and more. The performances are under the musical direction Othello Jefferson with choreographic direction by Christine Chung; produced and directed by Jamie Yuen-Shore.