World Premiere of 'NPR Presents Water'

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NPR and WWNO announce the world premiere of NPR Presents Water Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. CDT at the Saenger Theatre. Water combines national and local news coverage, music, poetry, storytelling and visual projections to explore how too much or too little water shapes lives and affects communities around the country and the world.

NPR Presents Water brings together Tony Award-winning director Kenny Leon, award-winning NPR Science Correspondent Christopher Joyce, and award-winning theater writers Arthur Yorinks and Carl Hancock Rux with an original sound score by acclaimed violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR). The show starts its eight-city tour in New Orleans. It will be co-hosted by NPR's Michele Norris, WWNO's Eve Troeh and feature Tony Award-winner Anika Noni Rose (Caroline, or Change); Tony Award-nominee, Michele Shay (August Wilson's Seven Guitars); Jason Dirden (Tony Award-winning Production, A Raisin in the Sun) and Lucas Caleb Rooney (Boardwalk Empire.) Members of the Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars Band will perform.

"NPR Presents Water combines journalistic rigor with the artistic nature of theatrical storytelling, amplifying stories about water that are significant to each region and have a global resonance," said Indira Etwaroo, executive producer and director of NPR Presents. "We are thrilled to partner with WWNO, Edward R. Murrow Award winner for their coastal coverage, to create and present the premiere event and to hold it at the historic Saenger Theatre."

"Water is such an important topic, not only for Louisiana, but also for the nation and the world. NPR Presents Water will help to open conversations and the meaningful exchange of ideas in a new way," said Paul Maassen, WWNO general manager. "We are honored to have the world premiere in New Orleans, and for WWNO to play a role in this local and national collaboration among NPR and public radio stations across the nation."

"I am excited to work with NPR on this meaningful and highly relevant undertaking," said director Kenny Leon. "Theater has the ability to illuminate the human experience in a way that is unique, vital and authentic. Our goal is to allow Water to showcase our shared humanity, our shared challenges across the US and the globe."

Tour Dates

October 25, 2014, New Orleans with WWNO: http://wwno.org/post/tickets-sale-now-npr-presents-water

November 8, 2014, Washington, DC
November 10, 2014, New York, NY with WNYC
November 12, 2014, San Francisco, CA with KQED
November 13, 2014, Seattle, WA with KUOW
November 17, 2014, Atlanta, GA with WABE
November 18, 2014, Cleveland, OH with Ideastream
November 19, 2014, Detroit, MI with Michigan Radio

CONTACT: Isabel Lara, 1-202-513-2304, [email protected]

Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20141017/152850

SOURCE NPR

Related Links

http://npr.org