The Central Park Five 

Music by Anthony Davis 
Libretto by Richard Wesley 
Director – Nataki Garrett 
Conductor – Anthony Parnther 
Sung in English with English subtitles 

Saturday, May 10, 2025 – 7:30pm
Friday, May 16, 2025 – 7:30pm
Sunday, May 18, 2025 – 2:30pm 

Anthony Davis, composer of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Music for this true story adaptation of systemic discrimination. This gripping opera follows the wrongful convictions of five African American and Latino teenagers in the assault of a white female jogger in Central Park.  

Despite racial injustice, resilience and redemption emerge as the five men fight for freedom. 

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