Back to School SAFE Screenings

RSVP for our “Back to School” SAFE Screenings for students and the education community!

SAFE

One Day in an Over-Policed NYC Public School

• Written and Directed by Jess McLeod
• Songs by Brian Quijada
• Choreographed by Voltaire Wade-Greene

SAFE is a 45-minute musical play chronicling a day in the life of two NYC public high school students. A hundred streets away from each other, Zyniah and Fredo get pulled out of the metal detector line for patdowns, triggering two very different days. Will their teachers understand or will they get punished for being late to class and fall behind? Will Fredo get his ice skates back in time for tryouts after school? Is there anyone or anywhere at school who can make Zyniah feel as safe as she does in her bedroom? SAFE explores how we got here – historically, mayorally – and how more cops, more metal detectors and a punitive environment are making kids feel anything but safe.