FROM CLASSICS TO RAP SCRIPTS:
Unlocking the Beat of the Tell-Tale Heart
Friday, August 9 @ 8pm
Dinner @ 6:00 PM
Onstage Event @ 8:00PM
Separate admission required:
$299 for welcome dinner and event;
$35 for event only.
Bay Area artist Carlos Aguirre (guest star for Freestyle Love Supreme) kicks off the 2024 New Works Festival with a keynote address exploring creativity, adaptation, and hip hop. During this conversation, Aguirre will discuss working on his original rap and beatbox adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart.
Actor/musician/vocal percussionist/educator Carlos Aguirre has been performing and educating in the Bay Area for over 25 years. He has shared the stage with The Roots, Eryka Badu, Black Eyed Peas, Mary J. Blige, Jam Master Jay, and L.L. Cool J, and has recently been guest starring with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning improvisational hip hop group Freestyle Love Supreme. Aguirre shares his experience by teaching at various schools and at-risk environments throughout the Bay Area.