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Bernice Johnson Reagon

Bernice Johnson Reagon

NPR Morning Edition, Anastasia Tsioulcas

"Octavia Butler wrote a 'Parable' that became a prophecy — now it's also an opera"

Bernice Johnson Reagon

The New York Times, Salamishah Tillet

"Apocalypse Nowish: Singing the Prophetic Warnings of Octavia Butler"

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Lincoln Center

"Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower: An Opera by Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon," NY Premiere, July 13 -15, 2023

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Smithsonian Magazine, Meredith Holmgren

"New Comic Honors Civil Rights Singer Bernice Johnson Reagon on Her 80th Birthday"

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Pittsburgh Playhouse, Special Event

Musical adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's "Parable of the Sower" co-created by Bernice Johnson Reagon, performing March 30 - April 2, 2023

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Patch, Mark Hand

Founded by Bernice Johnson Reagon and celebrating its 50th anniversary, a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey In The Rock to perform at the Alden Theater In McLean - February 11

Bernice Johnson Reagon

yahoo!life, Morgan Jerkins

Bernice Johnson Reagon: An Antidote to a Season of Political Despair

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Concentrate, Sabine Bickford Brown

Bernice Johnson Reagon and Toshi Reagon's operatic adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's "Parable of the Sower" to be presented by the University Musical Society