A feminist thriller by playwright Anna Moench about that moment when girls realize the male gaze has been watching all along, and decide they are going to do something about it. Inspired by a real-life incident at a Christian mission in Southeast Asia, the play delves into the lives of four young Korean American women […]
An interdisciplinary ecofeminist theatrical production for vocalists and dancers celebrating the beauty of Black American women while acknowledging the limits of human resilience. The work is built upon previously published poetry of Black American women to create a loose, thematic story arc that will honor ancestral wisdom and invite women to claim agency over their […]
An interdisciplinary project that explores Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) Deaf homelessness and Bay Area gentrification. Utilizing American Sign Language (ASL), spoken text, modern/ballet dance, silence and original music composed by local hard of hearing musician, Radha Mehta, this project will educate audiences about the exponential risk of gentrification and homelessness in BIPOC, […]
A live theater experience of Jimbo’s Bop City, an iconic mid-20th century diner and jazz venue where some of the most innovative jazz musicians played in San Francisco and where the movement for racial justice, music and urban planning collided in a dramatic and instructive way. During this immersive theater experience, audiences will explore a […]
Aperformance project celebrating imagination as a powerful form of resistance. Towards Opulence engages San Francisco Tenderloin residents—often living without access to essential services—to envision one’s most opulent self that grows from and feeds community-wide change.
A performance ritual film by artist Sammay Dizon that seeks to de-stigmatize and elevate mental health in the Filipinx diasporic community. Memorya will use a multi-modal approach of movement, song and spoken word to explore ancestral remembering and intergenerational healing.
A multi-media performance piece by jose e. abad and co-choreographers Styles Alexander, Gabriel Christian, Clarissa Dyas and Stephanie Hewet that explores the potentialities of Black life in the Diaspora. The work will be presented at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archives.
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 […]
