“If Hamilton is an Obama-era hope musical, we are a Trump-era protest musical,” said Nygel D. Robinson, co-creator of “Mexodus.”

“Mexodus,” a high-energy Off-Broadway show that looks at a lesser-known part of U.S. history: the underground railroad south into Mexico. In the 1800s, thousands of enslaved Black people fled to Mexico, where slavery had been abolished decades before the United States. The Mexican government refused to extradite them back to the United States, and some everyday Mexicans even battled slave patrols to protect the formerly enslaved refugees. 

Maria Hinojosa speaks with “Mexodus” co-creators and stars, Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, about what they hope their hit show can teach audiences today about cross-racial and cross-border solidarity.

The Audible Original release of “Mexodus” is now available globally.

Featured image by Curtis Brown.

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