Jupiter Invincible & Harriet Tubman

JUPITER INVINCIBLE & HARRIET TUBMAN is a live performance of a new radio play and comic book by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa in collaboration with Stella Adler Center for the Arts. Audience members will see the comic book come to life through a dynamic radio play performed by the cast and directed by Melissa Maxwell. Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 7pm. Doors open at 6:30pm. Stella Adler Center for the Arts, 65 Broadway, New York City, NY 10006. More information at https://www.priyashakti.com/jupiter

Featuring in order of appearance: De’Marcus Woods, Steve Maurice Jones, Barry-Suzanne Collins, Pete McElligott, Mary Cavett, Shawn Williams, Serena Phillip, and Ian Hersey. With Joanne Edelmann, Curator, Harold Clurman Poetry Reading Series.

Story: Jupiter is a horse-breaker and coach driver, and was born into slavery. During a freak electrical storm, he is struck by lighting which gives him the power of immortality, and makes his scars translucent. Jupiter escapes to the North and finds the abolitionist and former enslaved person, Harriet Tubman. Together, they plot to smuggle run-away slaves through the underground railroad. Jupiter continually puts his life on the line to help others knowing he cannot be killed. Can Jupiter use his powers and wisdom to change the course of history to rectify racial injustice and inequality?

Part of the Harold Clurman Poetry Reading Series. Producer Ram Devineni with Rattapallax, Inc. “Jupiter Invincible & Harriet Tubman” is made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Art in celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America — America250. Additional support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of New York State Governor and the New York State Legislature, and support from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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