Montclair’s Touring Performance, Spring 2026
The Golden Tales of Hip Hop
Written and Directed by Charles Anthony Burks
Music Composed by Steve Wallace
“All the classic fairytale characters you love are reimagined in the hip hop forest. They must stand together to defeat the rap city dragon!”
Message from the Playwright:
A group of classic characters from various children’s tales come to life in a new way to tell a family-friendly fun story of the celebration of life, rekindling of love and coming together as a community! The Golden Tales of Hip Hop sends you on a journey to see if aspiring rapper Biggie Wolf, whose career and love life is in the trash, can get his life together, Gold D’Locks a famous party girl can find a place to throw her birthday jam in the forest, all while the Rap City Dragon plots to take over and rule the Hip Hop Forest.
Director’s Note:
Imagine jamming to a new clean up song that has swag, a wolf that sings the rap blues, an R&B foxy princess that has demanded to be treated right, and a power hungry rap city dragon that wants to get the foxy princess and make everyone in the forest bow down to his city ways. I put together some fun songs that tell a great story you will remember long after the finale song!
This show is best suited for grades 3rd-5th. It runs for 45-50 minutes, with up to 100 students/approximately 5 classes in the audience (dependent on space size).
We are open to performing at schools within a 30 minute drive of Montclair State University.
If you would like to book a performance for your students, please contact us via email at montclairtheatretours@montclair.edu.
Available Show Dates:
- Friday March 20th, 2026 11:00 AM
- Friday March 27th, 2026 11:00 AM
- Friday April 10th, 2026 11:00 AM
- Friday April 17th, 2026 11:00 AM