Park update: From June 16 – 20, the section of the High Line from 23rd to 30th Streets will be temporarily closed. Visitors may exit at those streets and walk along 10th Avenue to re-enter the park.
Due to a cloudy forecast, tonight’s stargazing event is canceled.
High Line Tour: From Freight to Flowers will not take place on June 17 or June 18. We look forward to seeing you on a future tour!
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If Millie Jackson, Roxanne Shante, OutKast and Monty Python had a baby in the year 3030 you’d get SHASTA GEAUX POP!
Shasta is celebrity. Shasta is the future and it’s time for her to take the party to new heights. This world-renowned icon is going to bring you a whole different kind of extravaganza. Completely uncensored and outrageously fabulous, come fall in line with Shasta and her rhymes while she tackles naughty topics and pays sonic homage to the classic era of Hip-Hop….old railroad tracks included.
Now in its third year, Out of Line presents a new set of arresting, intriguing, and playful performances by some of New York City’s most exciting contemporary artists.
Accessibility
We encourage all persons with disabilities to attend. To request additional information regarding accessibility or accommodations at a program, please contact programs@thehighline.org or 646.774.2482. Program venues are accessible via wheelchair accessibility points, and ASL interpretation can be arranged two weeks in advance.
ABOUT SHASTA GEAUX POP:
Written and Performed by Ayesha Jordan
Co-created and Directed by Charlotte Brathwaite
Musical Direction, Composition: Justin Hicks
Additional Music Production/DJ’ing: DJ Avg Jo
Lighting: Tuçe Yasak
Costumes: Abigail DeVille
Video: Kent Barrett
Sound Engineer: Andrya Ambrose
Ayesha Jordan is a multidisciplinary performance artist who often uses characters and stories to create cerebral and visceral experiences for her audience. Much of her work is about audience engagement – creating moments and prompts as an opportunity to connect with the performer, as well as with fellow audience members.
Charlotte Brathwaite (Canada/UK/Barbados) is a stage director known for staging classical and unconventional texts, dance, installation, performance art, multi-media, site-specific and music events. Her work is seen in the Americas, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia, illuminating issues of race, sex, power and the complexities of the human condition.
High Line Programs are supported, in part, with public funds from the New York City Council, under the leadership of Speaker Corey Johnson.