A series of short films and theatre show that re-envisions Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, placing Shylock at the center as a reflection of the immigrant, working class citizens of our port cities. Using direct address monologues and rap songs, Currency visits the marketplaces of West Oakland, Hong Kong, Managua, Downtown LA, and Venice to […]
A new dance piece by Ramón Ramos Alayo for Alayo Dance Company that incorporates dance, music, video and spoken word. Mouth of a Shark will reflect the dual life of immigrants and the struggle of those who create a new life in a new world, but carry their homeland, however dire, in their heart forever.
A roving, site-specific play in downtown Oakland that explores, questions and breaks down the nuances of intimacy in queer communities. un•rest, written by CurbAlert artists J Shelley Harrison and Emji Saint Spero in collaboration with queer and trans artists of color, imagines a more just and equitable future on a larger scale, one in which […]
A reconstructionist companion play to a forgotten 1868 verse play about the Greek poet of Lesbos, offering renewed relevance to a scarcely-produced classic, penned by a woman about one of history’s first queer icons. Playwright Aimee Suzara’s Sappho investigates the evolution of queer identities across generations and the inheritance of queer narratives across centuries.
A dance-based exploration of the concept of mixed identity as adaptation in the age of climate crisis. Re-Mix will look beyond the binary to cultivate an alternative to the dehumanizing, essentializing and compartmentalizing of identity.
An hourlong interdisciplinary media project by artist Kevin Seaman exploring queer vulnerability, gentleness and soft power.
A multi-year collaborative project produced by Dohee Lee Puri Arts in collaboration with Corrina Gould (Lisjan Ohlone) and the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust. When the Land Stands Alone will engage refugee and immigrant communities residing in Oakland and Oakland Indigenous peoples in a collaborative ritual-making process, exchanging knowledge on ritualism, activism and healing.
A collaboration between Afro-Cuban choreographer Susana Arenas Pedroso and Guinean arts organization, Duniya Dance and Drum Company, illuminating the cultural and political
A series of site-specific works presented and produced by Epiphany Dance Theater and Deaf Choreographer Antoine Hunter and directed by Kim Epifano, inspired by Hunter’s Blackfoot heritage. Native Land, Native Hands will feature ASL-choreography, Hand Talk (the first language of Deaf Native Americans), text, original music and other forms of dance to illuminate narratives surrounding […]
A series of live, theatrical, site specific rituals by performance collective For You (Erika Chong Shuch, Ryan Tacata and Rowena Richie), in collaboration with elders from Little Brothers—Friends of the Elderly. The Welcoming will serve as a historic reentry into a distant world in the wake of COVID-19.
