The Tune Up Is a new performance series created by Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Bessie Award-winning Executive Artistic Director of The Flea Theater Niegel Smith, that centers SLP & The Joyful Noise in a feature-length variety show that blends short plays, original music, and high-voltage performance.

This “Medicine show with plenty of funk in the trunk” features microplays, musical interludes with powerful lyrics, comical bits, and raw in-the-moment reflections, presented in a cabaret format, inviting the audience into an evolving ritual of artistic and personal renewal.

This is a sip-your-drinks, make-new-friends, dance-in-the-aisles kind of evening that traffics in big sounds and bold ideas, making for a joyous statement-making, and booty-shaking event.