underdrown (Working Title) by
Imagine a Priestess Dark, in full "Africana" garb, mystical powers at their height, glaring -- as an Avenging Angel might -- at the impetuous Blackademic before her, demanding she forget the video game she comes from and finally tell him the truth, from his modest perch in his basement apartment.
As climate catastrophe reshapes Chicago, a queer black intellectual confronts a lover, a...
As climate catastrophe reshapes Chicago, a queer black intellectual confronts a lover, a...
Imagine a Priestess Dark, in full "Africana" garb, mystical powers at their height, glaring -- as an Avenging Angel might -- at the impetuous Blackademic before her, demanding she forget the video game she comes from and finally tell him the truth, from his modest perch in his basement apartment.
As climate catastrophe reshapes Chicago, a queer black intellectual confronts a lover, a computer, and a mysterious visitor on his quest for truth in virtual worlds. . The lines between the physical and digital blur as our blackademic grows obsessed with researching a problematic video game.
A play with drums, Underdrown is part of The NightQueen Performance Suite – three evening-length works blending theater, music, new media and oral storytelling traditions to conjure a mythology reflecting the contemporary Black experience.
Drawing from Afro-surreal and Afro-futuristic creative praxis, NightQueen follows an ensemble seeking hope in one another as their world is transformed by a global water crisis, unbridled network technologies and resurgent fascism. The suite is an affirmation of the diversity, beauty, creativity and resilience of Black life in opposition to modern-day forces that continue to debase Black communities.
As climate catastrophe reshapes Chicago, a queer black intellectual confronts a lover, a computer, and a mysterious visitor on his quest for truth in virtual worlds. . The lines between the physical and digital blur as our blackademic grows obsessed with researching a problematic video game.
A play with drums, Underdrown is part of The NightQueen Performance Suite – three evening-length works blending theater, music, new media and oral storytelling traditions to conjure a mythology reflecting the contemporary Black experience.
Drawing from Afro-surreal and Afro-futuristic creative praxis, NightQueen follows an ensemble seeking hope in one another as their world is transformed by a global water crisis, unbridled network technologies and resurgent fascism. The suite is an affirmation of the diversity, beauty, creativity and resilience of Black life in opposition to modern-day forces that continue to debase Black communities.