Hip-hop musical Co-Founders set to make world premiere in SF NBC Bay Area [Video]

Tech, hip-hop, art and Bay Area culture. All those elements combined and you get “Co-Founders.” The musical was born in a garage and is pushing innovation in theater.

Before there is a dress rehearsal on the theater stage, NBC Bay Area’s cameras were invited for rehearsals inside ACT’s rehearsal studio in downtown San Francisco. The visionaries behind “Co-Founders” are Ryan Nicole Austin, Beau Lewis, Adesha Adessela and director Jami Jude, who is helping to bring it to life. Nicole Austin and Adessela are Oakland natives.

“For me personally, I want this Bay Area proud,” Nicole Austin said. “I want this Bay Area proud in multiple ways.”

“Co-Founders” is a story the writers believe many can relate to, especially if you’re from or live in the Bay Area. It’s the story of a Black woman from West Oakland teaming up with a white college dropout to chase entrepreneurial dreams in Silicon …