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bull-jean coming yo way

Sharon Bridgforth — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 01:42:28 +0000

Q Ragsdale received a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Award from NPN, The South Dallas Cultural Center and DiverseWorks to adapt the bull-jean stories.

Q’s the bull jean stories will be a multi-media performance that includes interviews with multi-generational bull-jeans. It will incorporate both a live performance and an online televised performance, giving it a life beyond its two performance venues.

The work will premiere at the South Dallas Cultural Center 10/15 – 10/17 2010.
The DiverseWorks show TBA.
I am thrilled!!!!
Details soon come…

Check out the bull-jean stories book and CD.. at RedBone Press CLICK HERE

Check Out delta dandi NOW

Sharon Bridgforth — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:29:59 +0000

I am thrilled to announce delta dandi’s cast for
a (non-public) showing 1/21/2010
at New Dramatists in NYC:

The Cast:

Me/as Conductor (I Conduct the performers and the audience.)

Director/Performer Baraka de Soleil,

Lenelle Moïse,

Omi Osun Joni L. Jones,

Karla Mosley

lawd ya’ll I am excited!
For more about delta dandi CLICK HERE

blood pudding at Links Hall

Sharon Bridgforth — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:41:02 +0000

Links Hall in partnership with the National Performance Network presents

A Workshop Production of blood pudding
Written and Directed by Sharon Bridgforth
Fri & Sat December 18-19, 2009 | 8pm
Post show opening night reception following
Friday performanceTickets online $12.50 general / $8.00 students. Tickets at the door $15 general / $10 students
Links Hall | 3435 N. Sheffield Avenue, Suite 207 | Chicago, IL
For tickets or more information visit Click Here or call 773.281.0824
blood pudding
Written & Directed by Sharon Bridgforth
Featuring: K. Bradford, Misty DeBerry, Jano Layne, Erica Mott, Ni’Ja Whitson and Nyx.

blood pudding is ritual jazz theatre celebrating the history of Black people in New Orleans. Set in times then and now, blood pudding explores a landscape of magic made of spirit and blood. Memory. Prayer. Dreams. The piece is choreographed. Text is sung. A sense of the living, dead and unborn co-existing is communicated through many narrators layering languages and polyrhythmic telling. The stage is a living altar, honoring Indigenous people, Blackness and revolutions made of Love.

ALSO JOIN US FOR
Excerpts of new short works by artists who participated in the Walk With Me Mentorship Program facilitated by Sharon Bridgforth:

Links Hall in partnership with the National Performance Network Community Fund presents: K. Bradford, Jano Layne, Erica Mott, Ni’Ja Whitson and Nyx

Sunday, December 20, 7pm Tickets online $5 / $8 at the door
Links Hall
3435 N. Sheffield Avenue, Suite 207 | Chicago, IL 60657
For more information visit Links Hall or call 773.281.0824

Links Hall Mentorship Program & Performance

Sharon Bridgforth — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:19:50 +0000

I am proud to announce members of the Walk With Me Mentorship Program at Links Hall.
K. Bradford
Jano Layne
Erica Mott
Ni’Ja Whitson
Nyx
I will mentor these emerging artists through a rigorous facilitation process that will culminate events featuring new works by them and by me. Performances will be at Links Hall:
12/18/09 & 12/19/09 8PM the group will perform my work.
On 12/20/09 7PM they will perform their work.
Post show opening night reception following Friday performance. Tickets $15 / $10 students
For More CLICK HERE
My residency is part of a Links Hall – NPN Community Fund and Performance Residency Programs.

I Love Chi-Town

Sharon Bridgforth — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:30:12 +0000

To read an article in EDGE Chicago written by Joseph Erbentraut CLICK HERE

I had the great priveldge of doing a workshop with
Move On Mondays at Links Hall
Monday, March 23, 7-9pm

I was Blessed once again to be a Featured Artist at Pow Wow, Inc.
Tuesday March 24 7:30PM POW WOW, Inc. at Jeffrey Pub.
To check out more about Pow Wow CLICK HERE

C.C. Carter is Executive Director of Young Chicago Authors.
I did a workshop and was featured with them on March 24, 2009.
These young artists are AMAZING! For more about this wonderful organization CLICK HERE
Check out the Young Chicago Authors:

Wednesday March 25 7PM $5.
I read from delta dandi at The Center On Halsted

I had the Blessing of being on program with the Illustrious E. Patrick Johnson at the Chicago History Museum….
Thursday, March 26
SPEAKING OUT DOWNSOUTH

The focus was experience stories of African American gays and lesbians from the South and the historical and cultural connections between Chicago and the South.
To see future Speaking Out Downsouth events: CLICK HERE

delta dandi Viewing Parties in Austin

Sharon Bridgforth — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:40:33 +0000

A dialogue and showing of the DVD from the premiere performance of delta dandi
with Writer/Conductor/Producer Sharon Bridgforth
Snacks Provided | Donations Accepted

Wednesday March 11, 2009 6:30PM
ISESE Gallery / Warfield Center
John Warfield Center for African and African American Studies, UT Austin.
Jester (21st and Speedway, Austin, TX)

Saturday March 14, 2PM
allgo (A Statewide Queer People of Color Organization)
701 Tillery Street
Austin, TX 78702

Thanks to Q Ragsdale for filming the premiere!

We Did It!

Sharon Bridgforth — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:18:59 +0000

We received prayers/shout outs/Energy from soooo many of you
and soooo many of you helped to spread the word about the delta dandi premiere/and soooo many of you came to the show that WE SOLD OUT BOTH NIGHTS!!
On behalf of the cast/crew and producers THANK YOU!!

For reviews/clips/photos/and more

CLICK HERE

We’ll be doing da dandi in Chicago on 3/18/09…more on that soon
Meanwhile
here are some pics from our cast par’tay

Sweet Weekend in Austin, TX

Sharon Bridgforth — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:56:00 +0000

I was Blessed to have spent this past Saturday hanging out with Feminist Scholar Kristen Hogan, Writer/Teacher Abe Louise Young, and fellow RedBone Press author Ana-Maurine Lara.

Kristen showed us around The Angel Valley Organic Farm. The farm has a stand in Austin
Wednesdays, 10:00 – 2:00 Asian American Cultural Center
11713 Jollyville Road, Northwest Austin

Ana showed us around Alma de Mujer Conference Retreat Center. Alma is a project of the Indigenous Women’s Network.

After spending the day falling in love with the beauty and wonder of vegetables/and great friends…I met my Dear Ones/Wesley & he Mama Florinda for coco and the big tree lighting events in front of the capital this Saturday….Life is good/sho nuff indeed.

Limited Edition/delta dandi Script

Sharon Bridgforth — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:10:46 +0000

FUNDRAISER

Be a dandi! Play a supporting role in the World Premiere of delta dandi by purchasing & gifting a Signed/Numbered Pre-publication Limited Run Edition delta dandi Script (The version the Austin, Texas World Premiere CAST is using). ONLY 100 COPIES AVAILABLE.

Thanks to Steven Fullwood Project Director of the Black Gay & Lesbian Archive, the delta dandi script (and all it’s drafts) will be housed at the Black Gay & Lesbian Archive Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

TO ORDER and/or FIND OUT MORE CLICK HERE

delta dandi Tickets For Sale

Sharon Bridgforth — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:38:56 +0000

Tickets for delta dandi are on sale now.
To buy from The Long Center: CLICK HERE
To buy from Women & Their Work: CLICK HERE.

Tickets are $15.00.