County of Kings: The Beautiful Struggle
American Place Theatre
Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 12noon & 7PM
Tickets: $10 Noon; $25 7PM
County of Kings: The Beautiful Struggle was developed at The American Place Theatre for Literature to Life and since has been produced at the Public Theatre and performed around the world. In this poetic solo-play, Brooklyn based hip-hop artist Lemon spins his version of the coming-of-age memoir with this jarring and poignant performance. Lemon’s unique voice seamlessly flows from hard-edged drama to urban poetry, creating a vivid portrait of his difficult yet at times humorous experiences growing up in New York City during the birth of hip-hop. COUNTY OF KINGS is a true story of finding passion and purpose in life, against all odds.

Lemon has been a regular on HBO’s Def Poetry, is an original cast member and writer of the TONY award winning Def Poetry Jam on Broadway and a Drama Desk nominee. Lemon has taught performance art workshops at colleges, universities, and institutions through out the nation including Harvard, Princeton, University of Massachusetts, and Sing Sing Prison. He studied acting with Wynn Handman at Carnegie Hall. County of Kings was developed and directed by Elise Thoron, The American Place Theatre's Associate Artistic Director.