P.Nokio: A Hip-Hop Musical re-imagines the classic Pinocchio story in Hip-Hopia, an enchanted land where people speak in rhyme, break-dance instead of walk, and listen to birds sing and chirp with the precision and rhythm of turntables and beat machines. In this world premiere commissioned by Imagination Stage and written by hip-hop theatre artist and playwright Psalmayene 24, who also performs the title role, the fairytale is updated for today’s audiences.
G.Petto is a designer of game characters, and P.Nokio is one of his designs that magically comes to life. P.Nokio has raw talent to rap and break-dance. Armed with the sacred "Book of Rhymes," G.Petto sends the boy to The Old School to master style, originality, swagger, and the ways to use hip-hop to help the community. However, en route to school, P.Nokio finds a fork in the road leading to “the way of fun and trouble” mighty tempting.
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