The Making of "Are We Yet Somehow Alive?"

Vocalist and composer Ruth Naomi Floyd makes her Penn Live Arts debut this spring in Are We Yet Somehow Alive? a moving world premiere that pairs these narratives with original jazz, blues, and gospel music, accompanied by fine art projections. Floyd is an Equity in Action Visiting Scholar with Penn’s Office of Social Equity & Community.

In this pre-concert lecture and Q&A, Floyd will share the compelling first-person accounts of enslaved Africans in America. At the intersection of despair, endurance, and resistance, these narratives explore what it means to be human amidst the fight for liberation and against dehumanization.

This pre-concert talk is free and open to the public. RSVP using the link above. Tickets to the performance of Are We Yet Somehow Alive? can be purchased on the Penn Live Arts site.