THE COLORED MUSEUM

Name: THE COLORED MUSEUM
Start: 2024-07-03T00:00:00
End: 2024-08-18T23:59:00
Location: Studio Theatre

Studio Theatre

Run Dates

2024.07.03 ~ 2024.08.18

Studio Theatre

About the show

The Colored Museum is a provocative and seriously funny tour of eleven “exhibits”—toxic narratives about Black American experiences. From confrontational to aspirational, morbid to triumphant, Wolfe’s satiric sketches target America’s most pernicious stereotypes of Black culture, looking to retire outdated exhibits and make room for the future. This innovative environmental production immerses the audience in George Wolfe’s 1986 classic about the grief, madness, and hope of Black life. This production will be a one-of-kind collaboration between two members of the Studio Theatre Cabinet: Director Psalmayene 24 (Pass Over, Good Bones) and designer Natsu Onoda Power (Vietgone, Astro Boy).

Details

The Artists PLAYWRIGHT George C. Wolfe DIRECTOR Psalmayene 24 ENVIRONMENTAL DESGINER Natsu Onoda Power COSTUME DESIGNER Moyenda Kulemeka LIGHTING DESIGNER Jesse Belsky SOUND DESIGNER/COMPOSITION Matthew M. Nielson PROJECTION DESIGN Kelly Colburn MUSIC Kysia Bostic MUSIC CONSULTANT William Knowles PROPS DESIGNER Amy Kellett INTIMACY COORDINATOR Sierra Young CHOREOGRAPHER Tony Thomas DRAMATURG Adrien-Alice Hansel PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER John Keith Hall The Cast WOMAN 1 Ayanna Bria Bakari WOMAN 2 Kelli Blackwell WOMAN 3 Iris Beaumier MAN 1 Matthew Elijah Webb MAN 2 William Oliver Watkins GIRL Ruth Benson DRUMMER Jabari Exum U/S WOMAN 1 Tymetrias L. Bolden U/S WOMAN 2 Madison Norwood U/S WOMAN 3 Sophia Early U/S MAN1/MAN 2 Henian Boone production photo ©Teresa Castracane

Where it's been performed

Studio Theatre

Washington D.C.

United States

Washington D.C.

United States

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