When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
— Audre Lorde

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: 

...LOVELL’s often-brooding Moses and Gilbert’s live-wire Kitch (who occasionally indulges in kung fu and hip-hop moves) register as rivetingly mercurial and intensely alive.
— Celia Wren, THE WASHINGTON POST
Christopher Lovell and Jalen Gilbert give two of the most powerful performances to be found in the DMV...Lovell and Gilbert so physicalize the text’s every rhythm, breath, and pulse that we could be beholding some brand-new form of choreopoem.

— John Stoltenberg, DC METRO
Christopher Lovell Inspires Us With His New Single; ‘First Place’
— BUZZ MUSIC
QUEER HIP-HOP ARTIST CHRISTOPHER LOVELL IS ONE TO WATCH WITH HIS MIXTAPE “GATEKEEPERS”
— AFROPUNK
Shawn Nabors is an outstanding theater artist and a passionate voice for his community. His commitment to bringing to the stage stories that have previously never been given space for expression by the reigning power structure is unwavering, and I have no doubt we will hear a great deal more from him in the future.
— Scott Zigler Dean, School of Drama University of North Carolina School of the Arts
I remember when Shawn walked into an audition I was holding, his script was marked up. That, combined with the strong work he did, moved me. As we worked together on that project I was so struck by how connected he was to the material and open to diving deeper to make stronger connections. He’s an artist constantly searching for the truth.
— Donja R. Love, Playwright "Sugar in Our Wounds" (Manhattan Theatre Club)
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