Spitking Media, Sozo Artists, and ASU Gammage present 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲: 𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗦
Aztec
Indigenous
Taíno Borinqueneers
Opening all your doors
Building up all your bridges
Ironing all your steel
Tilling all of your mills
Paving all of your roads
Filling up all your prisons
ALIENS is the long awaited return to the stage of Tony Award winning poet, performance artist, and brand creative Lemon Andersen.
Sancocho for the soul painstakingly prepared for the Latinx diaspora, ALIENS speaks truth to power of the unidentified, undocumented, unyielding. Shining light on the brightly saturated threads tightly woven throughout America’s small towns and booming metropolises, Lemon spits searing, insightful rhymes about the communities that are the bone marrow of our nation. A one man show influenced by the autobiographical monologues of Spalding Gray, ALIENS is a rally cry for the melting pot of Latinidad to speak and act on the identity crisis in America, and join in a collective path forward.
Brown fisted, black skinned.
Tickets are now available for the world premiere of the full stage performance, March 26 2022 at ASU Gammage in Tempe, Arizona: www.tinyurl.com/alienspremiere
𝘓𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘛𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥-𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵, 𝘛𝘝 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥-𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘛𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘛 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦. 𝘓𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘖𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘦 (𝘚𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰), 𝘈𝘚𝘜 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 (𝘛𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦), 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 (𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯), 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴 & 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 (𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯), 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦 (𝘓𝘰𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴). County of Kings, 𝘓𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘑𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘉𝘖 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘛𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘳, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 Letters to an Incarcerated Brother.
𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘰𝘣𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘓𝘦𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘰 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘺, 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘨𝘭𝘦, 𝘕𝘪𝘬𝘦, 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘭𝘭, 𝘈𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘔𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘦. 𝘓𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘟𝘐𝘐𝘐 “𝘈𝘬𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦,” 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦.
𝘈 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘓𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘭𝘺𝘯.
Writer + Performer: Lemon Andersen @lemon.andersen
Director: Jared Ryder @jaredryder
DP: Michael Della Polla @michaeldellapolla
Original Music by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) @danielroumain
Wardrobe: Kwasi Kessie @kwasikessie
Set: Jim Morris
Grooming: Valissa Yoe @valissayoe
Edit/Color: Gabriel Chaigonon @_gabyo_
Projections and sound: Michael Spencer @themichaelspencer
Gaffer and Key grip: Lucas Ruderman @lucasruderman
First AC: Cara Lehman @caramariee
Projection Editor: Chris Waggy @cpwaggy
On Set Projection Video Editor: Ryan Leibowitz @Ryan_leibo
Production Assistant: Jeff Donna @jeffdonna
Creative Producer: Pie Soto @dominicanpie
Original Art by Belchez @belcheznyc
From the stage work ALIENS
Developed and directed by Elise Thoron @elisethoron
The commissioning of Lemon Andersen’s Aliens is generously supported by Joan Cremin. Additional support for the performance and residency work of Lemon Andersen is generously sponsored by Jenny Norton and Bob Ramsey.
Produced by Spitking Media, SOZO @sozoartists and ASU Gammage @asugammage
Line Producer: Chisa Yamaguchi @chisa707
Executive Producer: Rika Iino @rikaiino