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HYPE MAN (2021 Film)

HYPE MAN: A BREAK BEAT PLAY
by Idris Goodwin
in collaboration with American Repertory Theater
original staged production director, Shawn LaCount
director of photography, John Oluwole ADEkoje
cinematography, John Oluwole ADEkoje & The Loop Lab
film direction, John Oluwole ADEkoje & Shawn LaCount
animator/illustrator, Barrington S. Edwards
dramaturg, Jessie Baxter

Called “Sharply directed, incredibly well-acted, and absolutely of-the-moment” by GBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen, Company One’s Hype Man: a break beat play asks: who has the responsibility to speak up in the face of social injustice? This newly reimagined version of the Elliot Norton Award-winning play by poet and playwright Idris Goodwin (How We Got On) follows a rapper, a beat-maker, and a hype man on the verge of making it big when the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager shakes the interracial hip-hop trio to the core and forces them to navigate issues of friendship, race, and protest.

Hype Man: a break beat play was developed by Goodwin with Company One Theatre.

C1's Take: 

>> Company One Theatre is producing HYPE MAN to AMPLIFY: 

  • – Accountability and a commitment to continuously challenge the notion of white allyship 
  • – Advocacy for female artists of color in male-dominated industries 
  • – ARTivism and the responsibility of artists to respond to calls to action through their creative platforms 
  • – Partnership between arts organizations to create mentoring and leadership opportunities for youth 
  • – Black Lives Matter as a movement that is and will continue to grow, protest, and fight

"One of the most fully realized works of streaming theater."
- The Boston Globe
"Fascinating and so important."
- GBH Arts Editor Jared Bowen
"The camera doesn't lie' there isn't a false note in any of these performances."
- Joyce Kulhawik
"Company One’s [Hype Man], presented by the A.R.T., is freshly urgent, considering the past year’s debates around policing and the appropriation of historically Black art forms."
- The New York Times

Notable dates

Virtual Premiere Celebration: 4/8 at 7PM ET
Cast Meet-and-Greet: 4/11 at 5:30PM ET
Post-Show Conversation: 4/15 at 9PM ET
Closing Night Watch Party: 5/6 at 7:30PM ET
On Demand Thru: 5/6
ASL-Interpreted On Demand Thru: 5/6
Audio Described On Demand Thru: 5/6
Closed Captions: Available at all performances