Roger Guenveur Smith: In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat & The One-Man
Revolution

Season Two keeps jumping with one of American theater’s greatest storytellers, Roger
Guenveur Smith: actor, writer, director, and one-man cultural force. From his iconic
collaborations with Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Get on the Bus) to his Obie
Award–winning solo shows (A Huey P. Newton Story), Roger has built a career bending form,
fusing politics and performance, and refusing to fit in anyone’s box.

Now he’s back on stage with In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat, his newest one-man show
exploring his friendship with the extraordinary Basquiat. Running now at Outside In Theatre
through November 9 and headed to the Under the Radar Festival in New York City in January
2026, the piece continues Roger’s legacy of art as both testimony and transformation.
In this episode, Roger sits with The Frogs to talk about brotherhood in art, the risks of telling
history through your own body, and what it means to carry the brilliance and burden of genius
onstage.

This isn’t just a conversation, it’s an excavation, a production, a ritual, church, and a moment.
Raw, poetic, and straight from the source.

Credits:
A production of Outside In Theatre in Highland Park, Los Angeles
Created by Alex Ubokudom & Tobie Windham
Edited by Brianna Seamster & Byron Rogers, Jr.
Recorded & Mixed by Arlo Sanders
Theme Song by Arlo Sanders
Produced by Brianna Seamster & Jessica Hanna
Executive Produced by The Frogs & Outside In Theatre
Recorded at Outside In Theatre