alfonzo kahlil

alfonzo kahlil

alfonzo kahlil is a performance artist that specializes in, and communicates through, the spoken word and the dramatic arts. Raised on the Westside of Chicago, alfonzo believes in the power of performance to document, dismantle, enchant, and build. alfonzo holds a BFA in theater from New York University and was last seen in Free Street Theater: 50 Years of Joy & Justice, Still/Here, and Goodman Theatre...
alfonzo kahlil is a performance artist that specializes in, and communicates through, the spoken word and the dramatic arts. Raised on the Westside of Chicago, alfonzo believes in the power of performance to document, dismantle, enchant, and build. alfonzo holds a BFA in theater from New York University and was last seen in Free Street Theater: 50 Years of Joy & Justice, Still/Here, and Goodman Theatre's Live @ Five: Celebrating August Wilson event

Plays

  • THE NEW / NEW TESTAMENT by alfonzo kahlil
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 5 more
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    Keyword: garden of eden, dealing with religion + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, fable/folktale, faith-based, fantasy, movement/physical, political
    Keyword: garden of eden, dealing with religion, A woman's role, black actors, Black women, actors falling in love, Sexy
    "somewhere between the old world and the new. there’s always some old. the new is just a shiny old built on another less chrome old. therefore, we declare a new testament, a newer testament, a new new testament, in order to make sure our new, not your new, stay new; and the old stay old. this is not a remix, this is not a retelling. this is a continuation of what was Before in order to reveal what is the...
    "somewhere between the old world and the new. there’s always some old. the new is just a shiny old built on another less chrome old. therefore, we declare a new testament, a newer testament, a new new testament, in order to make sure our new, not your new, stay new; and the old stay old. this is not a remix, this is not a retelling. this is a continuation of what was Before in order to reveal what is the Now. the Now is our testimony and we are what we’ve always been. your Prophets."

    THE NEW / NEW TESTAMENT centers EVE, and her true partner EDEN, as they navigate the modern day, and their codependent relationship; along with their desire for a new paradise after their sudden exodus. However, they abruptly discover every garden has their snakes, every relationship their challenges, and every Testament their devils.
  • SCORPIO by alfonzo kahlil
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: Relationships, infidelity + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, political, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Relationships, infidelity, Sex, smoking, horoscopes, scorpios, cancer, questioning, actors falling in love, black actors
    JUDA loves ADESTE with all their heart. The only problem? They don’t know exactly what “Love” is. Neither does ADESTE, KARTER, ESTOTE, and HONORIS. The other problem? Venus, the planet of Love and Pleasure, has gone into RETROGRADE, a cosmic time of introspection. In this play of romantic relationships, open relationships, close relationships, forbidden and essential relationships, SCORPIO asks us reevaluate...
    JUDA loves ADESTE with all their heart. The only problem? They don’t know exactly what “Love” is. Neither does ADESTE, KARTER, ESTOTE, and HONORIS. The other problem? Venus, the planet of Love and Pleasure, has gone into RETROGRADE, a cosmic time of introspection. In this play of romantic relationships, open relationships, close relationships, forbidden and essential relationships, SCORPIO asks us reevaluate all our notions surrounding intimacy and romance.