The Poet: Darian Dauchan

The Violinist: Curtis Stewart

The Director: Daniel Banks

With The PUBLIQuartet

Workshop:  December 2021: St. James Presbyterian Church, Harlem, Produced by the InHEIRitance Project.

Upcoming workshop: December 2025, Pittsburgh

Premiere: 2026

We The Messiah is a Hip Hop remix and social justice reimagining of Handel’s Messiah in which three immortal MCs embark on an epic path to social change, facing power, passion, and persecution while holding on to the promise of a better future. A theatrical concert driven by verses, beatboxing, live looping, community voices, and classical music, We The Messiah is a melodic ode to activism, a crescendo call for collective action, and an instrumental invitation to awaken the Messiah that lives in us all.

The production features a community collaboration and co-creation process as an integral element of the piece bringing together Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faith communities. Interviews with members of these communities are woven into the live-mixed soundscape of the performance.

For more information: https://www.dnaworks.org/we-the-messiah

A DNAWORKS Production