blood pudding
blood pudding is a interdisciplinary theatre piece that celebrates the history of Black people in New Orleans. Through blood memories of a gurl born in Congo Square, blood pudding explores a landscape of magic made of Ancestral Love. In this polyrhythmic telling the blues is sacred. Narrators are holy. Indigenous people are honored. The drum shapes reality. This is ritual/jazz theatre.
blood pudding will be in NYC’S SummerStage Festival!!!
Written by Sharon Bridgforth.
Directed & Choreographed by Baraka de Soleil!.
Helga Davis – Composer
Featuring: Ted Cruz, Helga Davis, Baraka de Soleil, Omi Osun Joni L. Jones, Monica McIntyre, Pam Patrick, and Francine Sheffield. With Negaysha Walcott.
For more CLICK HERE
I am so happy that I was present opening weekend for Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South!
It was an amazing experience. True artistry. Critically important. Deserving of a long long life/and much acclaim. See it if you can! For more CLICK HERE
Check out Omi Osun Joni L. Jones interviewing E. Patrick Johnson opening weekend of Sweet Tea!
Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South
Written and Performed by E. Patrick Johnson
Directed by Daniel Alexander Jones
Produced by Jane M. Saks, Ellen Stone Belic Institute For The Study of Women & Gender In The Arts And Media, and About Face Theatre.
The show runs May 7-29, 2010
Viaduct Theatre, 3111 N. Western Ave
For more: CLICK HERE
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
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 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!!
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
I went to my 4th NPN Annual Meeting. This one was in Seattle. IT WAS AMAZING!!
I encourage all artists and presenters to check into NPN
I didn’t take nearly as many pictures as I wanted to/I was traveling light-left my camera at home. Do check out the NPN partners and artists at: NPN
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.
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
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.
