MAKING BKJKT
Making BKJKT is a coming of age story within a dystopian society, years after a megalomaniacal dictator took over the country. Born before the recent election, the inspiration was to play out our worst fears to their horrific end result. Now that we find ourselves watching the dismantling of democracy, the show has taken on exponentially higher stakes. We follow a girl, Bookjacket, who inexplicably has not accepted the status quo and refuses to accept fear as her great motivator. We watch, through her eyes, a society that has given up empathy, resistance, or personal desire, as she fights her way through the forces that oppress them. Is there a happy ending? Does she dismantle the systems that bind them? Can she awaken her neighbors to the truth that has been withheld from them their whole life? Created through the Musical Theatre Development Lab at 92Y, this piece lives at the intersection of Concert Dance and Musical Theatre, probing dance for narrative and infusing storytelling at every moment.