In the Penal Colony NYC Reviews and Tickets

See it if you are interested in a new adaptation of Kafka's short story,encompassing the Black Am experience; outstanding acting,coregraphy&athletics

Don't see it if Even if racism is not your fav.subject, there is more reason to enjoy this show as "a metaphor of society",following Theatre of the Absurd

See it if you like performance art or are interested in social justice.

Don't see it if you need a clear, defined narrative.

See it if Intense in your face robotic repetitive movement and performance related to the experience of​ being a black man in America.

Don't see it if you are expecting a cohesive story with a narrative--this is an explosion of repetitive movements and intense bursts of action. Read more

See it if If you want a modern work from a classic writer. Some good choreography. One hour long.

Don't see it if If you don't like the absurd to a classic writer. Deals with black prisoners and what is expected of black society.

See it if you love performance art with very good choreography and limited but high quality singing

Don't see it if you want anything that resembles a play or deals with the issues that Kafka and Hugo, before him, brilliantly explored Read more

See it if You are interested in highly physical, political theatre that is an adaptation of a classic text

Don't see it if You have an aversion to nonlinear theatre

See it if you are thrilled by a powerful and raw vision, a surreal extension of the cruel treadmill young black men must endure. Tour de force acting.

Don't see it if you need clear plot lines and signposts to guide you through a story.

See it if You are concerned about the lives of black people specifically Black men. intense physical deeply rooted and highly absorbing work

Don't see it if you are unable to think consciously about how your identity affects how you view the world.or you think that KAFKA is going to be at center