Beaty's Emergence-SEE! Extends at Public to 11/19

Emergence-SEE!, written and performed by Daniel Beaty and directed by Kenny Leon (Gem of the Ocean, A Raisin in the Sun), will extend at the Public Theater for an additional week. Performances will now run through November 19th, 2006.

"In 2006, a slave ship rises out of the Hudson River in front of the Statue of Liberty sending NYC into a frenzy.  Daniel Beaty assumes forty diverse personalities as they collide in an intricately woven, urgent, witty and moving exploration of our shared humanity and what it means to be free," state Public notes.

Emergence-SEE! features scenic design by Beowulf Boritt, costume design by Reggie Ray, lighting design by Michael Chybowski, instrumental compostion by Dan Moses Schreier and sound design by Drew Levy and Tony Smolenski IV.

Beaty is an award-winning actor, singer, writer and composer most recently seen on the third and fourth seasons of HBO's "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry," as a guest artist on NBC's Showtime at the Apollo with Ruben Studdard, and on BET's 106 & Park. He has worked throughout the US, Europe, and Africa in television, solo concerts theater, and opera including performances at The White House, The Apollo, and The Kennedy Center in tribute to Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis. Beaty is the 2004 Grand Slam Champion at the world famous Nuyorican Poet's Cafe and the Fox Networks National Redemption Slam Champion. He has performed on programs with artists including Jill Scott, Sonia Sanchez, MC Lyte, Mos Def, Tracy Champan, Deepak Chopra, and Phylicia Rashad. 

Emergence-SEE! will play Tues. 7pm, Wed.-Sat. 8pm, and Sun. 3pm, through Nov. 19th. There will be added matinees Sat. Oct. 28th and Nov. 18th at 2pm.

There will be a post-show discussion on Sun. Nov. 5th.

Tickets for Emergence-SEE! are $50. Tickets are on sale at The Public Theater box office, 425 Lafayette Street; on-line at www.publictheater.org or by phone at 212-967-7555 (please note new number).