A new choreographic work bridging and interweaving dance and percussion of West Africa and the African American marching bands of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The work takes the form of a call-and-response battle featuring intricately composed sections of highly stylized movement and percussion merging into community rising together in unison.
A site-specific aerial performance that examines the reconciliation between acts of violence towards Places of Worship and themes of love, sacred space, and community. Love, a state of grace is designed to promote dialogue, healing, and understanding among diverse multicultural and multigenerational communities.
By Britney Fazier and Margo Hall, a multidisciplinary performance ritual focused on the life and work of Marie Laveau, a Louisiana Voodoo Queen. LAVEAU will go beyond the traditional theatrical experience by incorporating voodoo cleansing rituals with movement, music and story-telling, challenging what engaging Black theater is and should be.
Explores the intersections between people with disabilities and the homeless community through the story of Alice in Wonderland. Alice seeks to highlight the disproportionate impact of homelessness on people with disabilities, as well as their need for accessible housing, healthcare and employment opportunities.
An immersive performance on the USS Potomac which seeks to deconstruct the white male body’s expression of power and challenge its role in American democracy.
A performance festival seeking to decolonize gender through Indigenous performance. A collaboration between Javier Stell-Frésquez and CounterPulse, Weaving Many Spirits will prioritize interactivity and culturally specific protocols, transforming CounterPulse into a time-based container for radically traditional Two-Spirit Indigenous futurity.
Uses multimedia video, soundscape and scenic magic to tell the stories of three young black men as they journey across the unknown. Co-Produced by Custom Made Theatre and the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, Esai’s Table addresses the crucial need for representation and identity in the era of #blacklivesmatter.
Set in a climate-ravaged San Francisco and challenges the patriarchy and classism present in Strindberg’s original Miss Julie. This is the inaugural play in Cutting Ball Theater’s new commissioning program, which is committed to ethical, progressive alternatives to antiquated masterworks in the field of theater.
A new choreography by Leyya Mona Tawil in collaboration with local dancers, visual artist Dena Al Adeeb, and composer Sholeh Asgary. Noise & Nation will be featured as part of the Arab.AMP festival, which focuses on experimental live art from the Arab diaspora, celebrates the plurality of Arab voices, and challenges identity legibility.
A festival featuring unique collaborations between artists, healers, scientists, and community. The festival, which consists of performance, talk, and ritual, examines the stark realities of health disparity and trauma, specifically in how the two relate to HIV/AIDS acquisition and transmission, looking both at the challenges we face as a community and at the beauty that […]
