Jaime Lozano's video: Savage - a musical by Tommy Newman and Jaime Lozano

SAVAGE A new musical that explores race in America both past and present. Conceived and Developed by Karla Koskinen Book and Lyrics by Tommy Newman Music by Jaime Lozano & Tommy Newman Translations by Dr. Kazadi Wa Mukuna This new and original musical recounts the startling true tale of a Mbuti man, Ota Benga, taken in the early 1900s by missionary and anthropologist Samuel Verner for exhibition at the St. Louis World’s Fair and, later, The Bronx Zoo. Displaced and cruelly exploited, Ota Benga is left to marginally exist in a world he does not understand, never able to return to his homeland. This captivating new musical seamlessly blends fiction, history, dance, traditional African Congo music, ragtime, as well as contemporary melodic rap styles.