A 24-Decade History of Popular Music

About the show

Premiered in full in 2016, the musical uses mainly pre-existing songs popular throughout the history of the United States to examine and reframe American history through the experiences of marginalized communities. Mac says that "A 24-Decade History of Popular Music is a reenactment of how the individual(s) may lose the long game but communities and movements, if continually brought together, have the potential to thrive while bending towards justice." Presented in eight acts and featuring 246 songs, the production is intended to last twenty-four hours when performed to completion.