WHERE DID WE SIT ON THE BUS?

During a third grade history lesson on Rosa Parks, a Latina child raises her hand to ask, "Where did we sit on the bus?" What follows is a theatrical mixtape of Bee’s life. It’s a one-person show that immerses the audience in elaborate, layered soundscapes by fusing Latin rhythms, hip-hop, and spoken word poetry. And it’s all made, in-person, in real time, through the magic of live music and storytelling.

A high-octane, tour-de-force theatrical experience, examining what it means to be Latiné in America, capturing both the innocence of youth and the pressures that come with being the child of immigrants, Where Did We Sit on the Bus? builds from the ground up, one step at a time, taking audiences on a soulful musical journey as its hero finds hope and meaning through art.

About Satya Chavez

Satya Jnani Chávez is a Chicago-based, queer, Latiné, multidisciplinary artist, whose work as a composer, actor, musician, director, and music director, has been developed and produced across the country.

In addition to the original score they composed for Brian Quijada's Where Did We Sit on the Bus?, which was produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville (Drama League Award nominated), Cleveland Playhouse, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Marin Theatre Company, and The Denver Center For Performing Arts.

As an actor their work has been seen of the stages of the Goodman Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, The Denver Center for Performing Arts, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Theater Center, Cleveland Playhouse, John F. Kennedy Center, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Marin Theatre Company, South Coast Repertory and more.

Chávez is also an inaugural recipient of the Jeff Impact Fellowship.