Synopsis

This unbelievably true story begins when Brooklyn's own Nuyorican Grand Slam Poetry   Champion, Bryonn Bain ("60 Minutes," "The Village Voice," BET-J's "My Two Cents"), is wrongly imprisoned in NYC jails --while studying law at Harvard. Weaving together the critical and comedic voices of his seemingly dysfunctional Caribbean immigrant family, and a California choir boy  sentenced to Death Row in Texas at 17, this multimedia solo performance tackles America's  unresolved contradictions with a virtuosic sense of humor and breathtaking lyricism.  Thought-provoking and hilarious, 40 characters speak through one man on stage as this hip hop theater,  spoken word poetry, calypso, classical music and blues-infused concert experience has you on the  edge of your seat. Developed in prisons, public schools and on college campuses during the past  decade, the production is a "musical and verbal hurricane" (The Straits Times) featuring a video DJ, beat-boxing cellist, virtuoso guitarist and percussionist.  Lyrics from Lockdown premiered last fall to a sold-out crowd at The Public Theater in New York City -- as the grand finale of the NYC Hip Hop Theater Festival.