Details Announced for AFROFEMONONOMY // WORK THE ROOTS Presented by Performance Space New York
Programming features “Last night, I dreamt I danced in the image of God.”, The Essentialisn t: Gold Taste,by BWW News Desk
Performance Space New York, with co-production partner New Georges has announced details surrounding AFROFEMONONOMY // WORK THE ROOTS, a group activation of Black femme theater artists in celebration of each other. Since March 2021, collaborators within AFROFEMONONOMY-including Lileana Blain-Cruz, Charlotte Brathwaite, Eisa Davis, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Deadria Harrington, Ayesha Jordan, Joie Lee, April Matthis, Jennifer Harrison Newman, Okwui Okpokwasili, Stacey Karen Robinson, and Kaneza Schaal-have been meeting in informal in-person and remote gatherings to explore Kathleen Collins 1984 quartet of unproduced one-acts Begin the Beguine and Eisa Davis musical performance work The Essentialisn t. Resonating throughout both works are questions of societal strain
Performance Space New York, with co-production partner New Georges, announces details surrounding AFROFEMONONOMY // WORK THE ROOTS, a group activation of Black femme theater artists in celebration of each other.
New Georges Announces Upcoming Spring 2021 Programming
Programming will feature Dream/Home, All the Different Ways Commodore Matthew Perry Could Have Died Before Opening Japan But Didn’t & more.by BWW News Desk
New Georges announced today two upcoming productions for the Spring 2021 season-Dream/Home, presented as part of Post Theatrical; and All the Different Ways Commodore Matthew Perry Could Have Died Before Opening Japan But Didn t, a new play commissioned from Julia Izumi, presented in a co-production with Theater in Quarantine. In addition, New Georges is a co-producing partner on Afrofemenonomy / Work the Roots, in residence at Performance Space New York through June 2021.
In the first episode of “Place/Settings,” Berkeley Rep’s artistic director Johanna Pfaelzer asks us if we’ve ever spent time in an empty theater. “It feels alive,” she says. “There’s palpable motion in the stillness.” Berkeley’s theaters, including Berkeley Rep, remain empty for the time being as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to circulate; the same goes for many other spaces where Berkeley residents might otherwise gather for a shared experience. But the participating writers of the “Place/Settings” series would argue that Berkeley nevertheless maintains its sense of “palpable motion,” using their pieces to animate the city’s landscape through the lens of their real and imagined memories.