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The ghosts of history also permeate “Am I Born,” moving like a palimpsest.

“Throughout its half-hour duration the drama does not let up”

“there’s also a great deal of color and variety of mood, from the addictive hook of the percussively driven opening chorus…to tangy harmonies that evoke a cappella period hymns.”

“AM I BORN” is a meditation on impermanence, using Brooklyn’s past—specifically a neighborhood that was largely demolished to make way for the Brooklyn Bridge—as a means of reflecting on the rapidly changing present.”