Killadelphia at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater

The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College presents the New York Premiere of Killadelphia, written and performed by Sean Christopher Lewis and directed by Matt Slaybaugh, playing at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College from 29 Apr - 1 May 2009.

Commissioned by the Mural Arts Project of Philadelphia and InterAct Theatre, Killadelphia is the latest work from award-winning playwright and solo performer Sean Christopher Lewis.

In the summer of 2008, the city of Philadelphia was in the midst of a murder epidemic on par with those of some third world countries. In Killadelphia, Lewis takes an unflinching look at the causes of the increased crime rate and the effect on the community. Using hip hop and documentary theatre techniques, he interweaves the story of murdered teaching fellow Beau Zabel with interviews from inmates at Graterford Prison employed to beautify the city with more than 3,000 murals while serving out life sentences.

Sean Christopher Lewis (playwright, performer) is the inaugural recipient of the Rosa Parks Award for Social Justice in Playwriting from the Kennedy Center. A former NNPN Emerging Playwright in Residence at InterAct Theatre in Philadelphia, he has toured his solo shows 'I Will Make You Orphans' and 'The Gone Chair.' His other plays include 'Militant Language' and 'The Aperture.'