FINAL PERFORMANCE MARCH 12
Due to increased concerns about COVID-19, Thursday March 12 will be the final performance of SKiNFoLK: An American Show.
If you hold tickets to future performances of this show and wish to receive a refund, you can do so by emailing boxoffice@thebushwickstarr.org or calling OvationTix at (866) 811-4111.
Or, if you would like to consider your ticket a donation to our non-profit theater, we would be grateful.
Either way, thank you for your understanding and support!
By Jillian Walker
Directed by Mei Ann Teo
Presented by The Bushwick Starr & National Black Theatre
in association with Musical Theatre Factory
YOU. Yes, you. Whoever and however you are. You follow me through low-hanging roots and vines. Are you in ancestral woods? A juke joint? All of the above/below? YOU are in SKiNFoLK: An American Show, a wide-sweeping concert/play structured in seven movements that explores the questions and limits (?) of blackness, performance, and country in a sensuous and reflective cabaret experience. As the music sounds, you drop down into this ritual of liberation, bearing witness to the playwright-performer's identity, heritage and legacy as a black woman in this America. This play collides with blues, jazz, neo soul, pop, rock and spiritual black legacies. What will you see in the archive? Who will you meet? What is down at the root? What color is the sky again?
The cast features Tsebiyah Mishael Derry*, Lori Sinclair Minor* and Jillian Walker*
Musicians are Kasaun Henry, Bryce Collins, and Jason Smith
Music Direction/Co-composition, Arrangements and Orchestrations by Kasaun Henry, Co-composition and Lyrics by Jillian Walker, Movement by nicHi douglas, Structural Dramaturgy by Mei Ann Teo and Jillian Walker, Scenic Designer: You-Shin Chen, Costume Designer/Visual Dramaturg: Irina Kruzhilina, Lighting Designer: Tuçe Yasak, Projection Designer: Kameron Neal, Associate Lighting Designer: Itohan Edoloyi, Assistant Scenic Designer/Props Master: Patricia Marjorie, Lead Scenic Charge: Erin Kiernan, A1: Samy Ravs, Production Stage Manager: Katie Kennedy*, Assistant Stage Manager: Caren Celine Morris, Production Manager: Emma Johnson, Technical Director: Jay Maury, Producer: John Del Gaudio, Assistant Producer: Amara Brady
*appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association, approved AEA Showcase
The show runs 100 minutes in one act
This project received development at the Catwalk Institute, the inaugural Pittsburgh CLO's SPARK Festival, Musical Theatre Factory, ARS NOVA, and Cambridge, NY's Hubbard Hall as part of a new partnership with The Bushwick Starr.
Photo by Maria Baranova
