Written and Performed by Kareem M. Lucas
Esteemed actor, writer, producer, and director Kareem M. Lucas is set to premiere his latest autobiographical monologue, “A Warm Winter,” at the Race Brook Lodge on April 20.
Lucas has captivated audiences with his Spalding Gray-esque offerings at renowned venues like The Public Theater, Cherry Lane, New York Theatre Workshop, American Repertory Theater and Wooly Mammoth. He continues to push the boundaries of solo performance with his new work. A WARM WINTER which was workshopped at the Bric Arts in 2021 .
WINTER builds on his legacy: part confession, part standup, part sermon. The story unfolds in a nightmarish drug episode that spirals into a revelatory journey. What results is an immersive exploration of personal crisis, redemption, and the human spirit. True griot style storytelling that is stripped down to the barest essentials and radiates a theater practice that draws its audience into a poetic trance.
“Disruptive and real, [Lucas’] combination of starkness and lyricism brims with barely contained passion and desire. A hurricane.” - Stage Buddy
Stay over with us! Race Brook is offering a 20% discount on overnight accommodations for guests attending the A Warm Winter reading using code KAREEM. Click here to book your room now. We are also offering a Spring Break special: from April 19-29, book a stay of 3 or more nights and get a 25% discount! Click here for more info about that.
Saturday, April 20th, 2024
DINNER RESERVATIONS AT THE STAGECOACH TAVERN
Event begins at 8pm
In The Down County Social Club
864 South Undermountain road ( AKA Rt 41 ) Sheffield, MATickets: $15 advance, $20 at the door
Kareem M. Lucas is a Brooklyn born and Harlem based Actor/Writer/Producer/Director. His solo pieces include “iNegro, a rhapsody”, “The Maturation of an Inconvenient Negro”, “Black Is Beautiful, But It Ain’t Always Pretty”, “RATED BLACK: An American Requiem”, “From Brooklyn With Love”, “A Boy & His Bow”, and “A Warm Winter”. He’s performed his work at The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, the New Ohio Theater, BRIC, American Repertory Theater, The Greene Space, Aaron Davis Hall at City College, The Town Hall, The Fire This Time Festival, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, HERE Arts Center, Hi-ARTS, JACK, IRT Theater, The Brick Theater, Teatro Circulo, Judson Arts Wednesdays, AFO Theater, The Slipper Room, among others. He’s an inaugural Jerome Hill Artist Fellow and a Usual Suspect at NYTW. Also a teaching artist with the Classical Theatre of Harlem and The 52nd Street Project. MFA: NYU Graduate Acting Program. For more info , you can visit his website or follow him on Instagram.
Race Brook Lodge is a hidden gem in The Berkshires, at the foot of Mt. Race and a short hike from the Appalachian trail. The yoga & event barn at Race Brook is simultaneously rustic and sublime, steeped in hundreds of years of New England history. The Stagecoach Tavern is unpretentious fine dining, exquisite farm-to-table cuisine in a relaxed atmosphere. Much of the food is sourced from Race Farm, right on the property!
