DIXON PLACE, presents Marcus Scott's Tumbleweed on August 24, 2018 through August 26, 2018 (performances take place Friday & Saturday, August 24 & 25 at 8:00pm & Sunday, August, 26 at 2:00 pm). Following an interracial family living in a townhouse within the Morningside Park area of New York's Upper West Side over the course of a weekend, TUMBLEWEED is a slice of life drama about a young girl named Willow whose off-putting natural hair combined with both her family's open acceptance of it and lack of maintenance, as well as her blooming womanism, causes controversy in the household. Tensions stir even more so when they get a visit from the patriarch's estranged no-nonsense mother, a former affiliate of the Black Panther party. The play explores beauty standards both in and out of the black community, ethnic relations, the mixed race family, coming of age, interracial marriage and parenting, relationships, womanist identity and the visibility of black men in the family dynamic.
Featuring: Dana Aber*, Jerome Brooks Jr.*, Reneé Flemings*, Anthony Franqui, Karen Joy Pangantihon*, Emma Claye, KC Morse, Alana Barrett Adkins, Sunny Choi, and Schuyler Van Amson.
*Actors appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association
Produced by KC Morse, with executive producers the Schwartz Family, associate producers Joann Price & Edwin Shirley, and co-producer Van Amson Family For The Arts.
Directed by Justin Schwartz. Movement & Choreography by Yasmeen Audi. Lighting and Sound Design by Zachary Heffner. Scenic Design By Brian Paccelli.
Marcus Scott's Tumbleweed plays Dixon Place (161A Chrystie Street) runs August 24, 2018 through August 26, 2018. There is a $18 general admission. Tickets and information are available at www.dixonplace.org. For more information, please call: (212) 219-0736.
Marcus Scott is a playwright, musical theater writer, journalist and blogger challenging the representation of race, gender, sexuality, class and intersectionality in popular media, the performance arts and international affairs. His writing has appeared in Soule, Elle, Out, Essence, Uptown, Clutch, Trace, Backstage, Playbill, Passport, Edge Media Network, Broadway Black, Giant, Hello Beautiful, NewsOne, The Urban Daily, Madame Noire, Styleblazer, Bleu, Krave, among others. He also served as a Writing Fellow for Crazy Town Blog. He has appeared in interviews, features and reviews conducted by The New York Times, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Into, Very Good Light, Get Out Magazine, Estadão, Stage Buddy, American Theatre, Broadway World and NPR. Scott was the 2016-17 Musical Theatre Fellow at Playwrights Horizons.
An artistic incubator since 1986, Dixon Place is a Bessie and Obie Award-winning non-profit institution committed to supporting the creative process by presenting original works of theater, dance, music, puppetry, circus arts, literature & visual art at all stages of development. Presenting over 1000 creators a year, this local haven inspires & encourages diverse artists of all stripes & callings to take risks, generate new ideas & consummate new practices.
The artist's experience is given top priority through our professional atmosphere and remuneration, and their process is enhanced through the reaction of our adventurous audiences. Dixon Place is a local haven for creativity as well as an international model for the open exploration of the process of creation. If you have work that would be appropriate for Dixon Place, please read our open submissions policy.
Located at 161A Chrystie street, Dixon Place features up to three shows nightly with cover charges ranging from $18-$30.
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