Next Act Theatre "Kill Move Paradise"

KILL MOVE PARADISE by James Ijames: In a space somewhere between past and future, between now and nowhere, four Black men meet. Isa, Daz, Grif and Tiny have been torn from the lives they knew and thrust into limbo, just to find out they are four more names on an ever-growing list. Their struggle for identity and meaning evolves into an electrifying fusion of words, movement, combat, music, dance and play that express both profound grief and radical joy. Far from merely cold statistics of slain Black men and women, James Ijames sketches moving portraits of vibrant lives cut short.

Marques Causey as Isa

Ibraheem Farmer as Grif

Dimonte Henning as Daz

Joseph Brown Jr. as Tiny



Marti Gobel, Director

David Cecsarini, Production Designer

Trinae Williams-Henning, Costume Designer

Maaz Ahmed, Lighting Designer

Josh Schmidt, Sound Designer

Kemet Gobel, Sound Designer, Composer

Freedom Gobel, Movement/Vocal Assistant

Michael Van Dreser, Lighting Design Consultant, Set Builder, Technical Director

Mitch Schmidt, Set Builder

Malaina Moore, Directing Intern

Jessica Connelly, Production Stage Manager