The Revolution's In the Ladies Room. [Poster]
New York: Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 1996. Original black-and-white offset-printed poster (measures 24" x 18").
Original promotional poster for Black interdisciplinary poet, artist, publisher, activist, and curator Jessica Care Moore’s first play, a choreopoem first staged at Nuyorican Poets Cafe in June 1996. Born in Detroit, Moore first came to prominence as the first poet to win amateur night at the Apollo Theater in New York, leading to her joining the Nuyorican Poetry Slam team. Alongside Saul Williams, Beau Sia, and muMs da Schemer, she competed in the 1996 National Poetry Slam held in Portland, chronicled in the documentary film SlamNation (1998). Directed by her friend T. Tara Turk-Haynes (here listed as "Tureka Turk"), the play starred Moore, Sabah El-Amin, and Sydnee Stewart in the three leading roles, with their likenesses illustrated on the poster. (We have been unable to identify the artist – a printed signature appears on the right side of the image but isn't readily legible.) Established in 1973, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe was the informal literary salon of the eponymous movement and has since developed into an expansive forum for poetry, music, theater and visual arts. Torn pinholes, some soiling, occasional light dampstaining, and moderate edgewear. Good overall. Rare. Item #11556
$250.00