Judson Arts Presents FEELING GOOD: PLEASURE AS RITUAL RESISTANCE

Poetic Theater Productions and Musical Theatre Factory are creating a one-night-only concert happening, Feeling Good: Pleasure as Ritual Resistance on August 21st at 8:00pm at Judson Memorial Church. Creating a portal through adrienne maree brown's NY Times bestselling book Pleasure Activism, this night is a gathering with artist-activists across performance disciplines who center pleasure in their work of social transformation. Feeling Good is a free event, open to all. Ticket reservations are available through Eventbrite.

Feeling Good features work by Jillian Walker (Songs of Speculation, SKiNFoLK: An American Show), Nia O. Witherspoon (Dark Girl Chronicles, Messiah), Troy Anthony (The River is Me, Dark Girl Chronicles), Kay Ulanday Barrett (Trans 100 Honoree), Taja Lindley (Bag Lady Manifesta, Colored Girls Hustle), Ianne Fields Stewart ((IN)Visibility, The Feels), and hosted by Toni Blackman (Wisdom of the Cypher).

"adrienne maree brown's definition of pleasure, 'pure aliveness and actually being present for the world around you', inspires us! This is the core of transformative musical theatre and poetry, and we are thrilled to launch our seasons with this collaboration." - Artistic Directors Mei Ann Teo and Jeremy Karafin

Feeling Good: Pleasure As Ritual Resistance includes projection design by Lisa Renkel and Brian Pacelli, lighting design by Kryssy Wright, production stage management by Ellen Mischinski, and audio production and engineering by Ray Archie of Notes to the Soul. The band will be co-led by Tariq Al-Sabir and Juliette Jones of Rootstock Republic with Tariq as the music director and Juliette as the arranger.

A part of Poetic Theater Productions' residency with Judson Memorial Church, Feeling Good is presented by Judson Arts Wednesdays as a part of their "Magic Time" Series. Judson Arts Wednesdays is the completely free, completely uncensored creative arm of Judson Memorial Church, a sacred and profane place that has nurtured artists and their work for decades. Judson Memorial Church is one of the few early venues of the original off-off Broadway movement and was the home of the historic Judson Poets' Theater.

Poetic Theater Productions seeks to define the modern genre of "poetic theater" by connecting and fostering a community of artists who are passionately creating relevant and accessible work and reinvigorating a conscious theater of language. Poetic Theater Productions offers resources and opportunities for poets, playwrights, and theater artists to create new work and see it through to production via educational workshops, developmental readings and performance. PTP seeks out and creates opportunities to connect with communities affected by the issues of topic within our productions through collaborative projects and exchanges of art and ideas. poetictheater.com

Musical Theatre Factory is a 501(c)3 non-profit artist service organization dedicated to developing new work in a collaborative atmosphere-free from the pressures of critical or financial success-that dismantles oppressive ideologies towards collective liberation through powerful and joyful story and song. MTF centers musical theatre makers of excellence who exist in the intersections of underrepresented groups while providing all access programming and support for musical theatre makers to collaborate and grow together. In 5 years, MTF has been part of the development lifecycle for 130+ new musical theatre works with more than 900 volunteers amassing over 15,000 combined service hours. mtf.nyc

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