WP Theater To Host Workshop Of BLACK GIRL JOY By Phanésia Pharel

On November 14-16th, Egg & Spoon will produce a workshop of Phanésia Pharel's play, Black Girl Joy, directed by abigail jean-baptiste, as part of their 2021 Incubation Series. It will take place at WP Theater, and will be co-produced by viBe Theater Experience, a partner organization of WP Theater.

"I wrote Black Girl Joy to process my experiences as a teenager with grief and housing insecurity. There is a connection to the specific neglect of black American girls and those that become houseless," Pharel said. "I am excited to explore it with abigail jean-baptiste, Egg & Spoon Theatre Collective and viBe Theater Experience in a safe and closed environment."

Black Girl Joy takes place at a women's shelter in Miami, where four girls come together to share their story. Black Girl Joy shifts between memory, choreo poems and a juicy plot. It is a ritual play for black girls/women to heal from intimate partner violence, a loss of girlhood, and the death of friends.

Egg & Spoon's Incubation Series provides developmental workshops for full-length plays written by Black, Indigenous and writers of color. This program reflects the organization's passion for developing new plays and its commitment to building a more equitable and vibrant future for the American theatre. Egg & Spoon's 2021 Incubation Writers were David Davila for his play Hotel Puerto Vallarta, Reynaldo Piniella for his play Black Doves, and Phanésia Pharel for Black Girl Joy.

To learn more about Egg & Spoon's current and future programming, mission, and values, visit www.eggandspoontheatre.org.

To learn more about the mission and work of viBe Theater Experience, visit www.vibetheater.org.

To learn more about WP Theater's 2021-2022 Season, visit www.wptheater.org.