NC State LIVE is presenting the premiere of Poet Dasan Ahanu’s theatre work, Saints and Aints, at James B. Hunt Jr. Library, 1070 Partners Way, Raleigh, North Carolina. It’s free to attend.
- Friday, March 28, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. (stay after the show for a conversation with the artists)
- Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
This work will feature Ahanu’s poetry, along with music and puppetry.
Nationally recognized Triangle-based poet Dasan Ahanu will be in residence with NC State LIVE for the 2024-25 academic year. During his residency, Dasan will create a new work of theatre called Saints & Aints, which will premiere in the cutting-edge James B. Hunt Jr. Library – a place where Dasan often sits to write his poetry. Saints & Aints is part Sunday service reinterpretation, part juke joint reimagining and part underground dance club escapism. This work invites the audience into a communal celebration of life, faith, resiliency and Black joy, featuring music by NC State’s own Uninhibited Praise Gospel Choir and Fashyn, and puppetry by Jeghetto.
Dasan served as the 15th Piedmont Laureate and is an alumnus of the Nasir Jones Fellowship with the Hip Hop Archive at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research. Founder of the Jambalaya Soul Slam/Bull City Slam Team, a monthly poetry slam series held at the Hayti Heritage Center in Durham, NC, Dasan’s goal for poets is to not only be a representative for the community but also an active participant in the community. His charm and talent are magnetic.
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James B. Hunt Jr. Library–NC State University
1070 Partners Way
Raleigh, NC 919-515-7110
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