She 2018
Ages: 15+
Opened: April 6, 2018Closing: May 19, 2018
She - 2018 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
The Gym at Judson
243 Thompson Street at Washington Square South New York, NY 10012
Choreographer, playwright, and dancer Jinah Parker’s momentous and timely work SHE will run OFF-BROADWAY March 31 – May 19, 2018, at the Gym at Judson in Manhattan. This moving work of dance-theater—“a Choreoplayâ€â€”opens up all-too-necessary conversations about sexual trauma, systemic racism, women’s healing and ownership of their bodies, and the undoing of rape culture. The show, in development for two years, arrives Off-Broadway just as these crucial conversations about sexual violence have erupted in the mainstream, as allegations against powerful men have given fire to women and driven the #MeToo movement and subsequent Time’s Up Defense Fund, exposing the extent of the systems that heretofore have silenced and shamed survivors, and providing pathways to justice and accountability. Having played to sold-out audiences at HERE Arts Center in Spring 2017, SHE continues its journey—with a newly revamped script, new cast members, and new direction from Tamilla Woodard—in this moment of reckoning, in telling the stories of survivors and giving voice and body to pain as a step toward liberation, healing, and empowerment.
SHE joins the themes of The Vagina Monologues and For Colored Girls, interlinking stories about sexual violence and racialized abuses. Parker met and interviewed a number of women generous enough to share their own stories of surviving sexual abuse; in an earlier iteration of the piece, these women delivered their stories and danced alongside trained performers. Through this process, Parker also began weaving her grandmother’s story into the work—and her own. She explains, “I realized—throughout the research, throughout this process of working with the survivors, continuously talking to them, going through their words, creating dance out of them—that I had my own story of abuse. I thought, ‘If I have been putting this in the back of my mind and didn’t know for years, how many other women are living in the dark, or suppressing something that happened to them?’ And what better a way to regain a sense of self, when something has physically been taken away, or when your body has been abused, then to use your body to reclaim it?†SHE uses a foundation of modern dance with elements of jazz, street jazz and ballet to bring these stories into dancers’ bodies, while actors simultaneously deliver them through monologue and expressionistic interactions.
SHE intersectionally addresses sexism and racism in a poignant consideration of the abuses suffered by Sandra Bland, described by Parker as a "metaphorical rape"-a matter of powerful systems stripping someone of their being. Unlike the women the audience hears from who can reclaim their narratives of abuse, the violation of Sandra Bland ended in death; this is a woman who, among the many tragic, mysterious, and infuriating elements of her story, is no longer around to tell it. Says Parker, who takes on the role of Bland, "I wanted to give her a voice."
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Hook And Eye Invades The Flea
by Julie Musbach - Apr 15, 2019
by Julie Musbach - Apr 15, 2019
LOOK OUT! Hook & Eye Theater is landing at The Flea with three outrageous new ideas to share. From a They/Them Generation riff on 1920s drag culture set against a Mae West play, to a tale of the MTA's wayward past and perhaps glorious future in the form of a subway ride, and an original play about a narcissistic soldier from the Gulf War in a play about identity, responsibility, and community. Hook And Eye Invades The Flea offers three unique visions for your pleasure. Each night a staged reading of our newest original work Echo & Narcissus and in-progress material from our inaugural Spoolers' Eliza Bent and Roger Q. Mason.
Ariel Rivka Dance Announced At Baruch Performing Arts Center
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 21, 2019
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 21, 2019
Award-winning contemporary choreographer Ariel Grossman and her company of seven female dancers will celebrate the 12th Anniversary of ARIEL RIVKA DANCE (ARD) with two premieres, repertory and guest artists at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (25th Street) in New York City. The program will take place in four performances, Thursday, March 28 through Saturday, March 30 at 7:30pm, with a family matinee on March 30 at 11:30am. The two ARD works in premiere, Mossy and Rhapsody in K, will feature newly commissioned scores by composers David Homan and Stefania de Kenessey. Live music will be included at all performances. *The full ARD lineup below.
Ariel Rivka Dance Comes to Baruch Performing Arts Center
by Julie Musbach - Feb 19, 2019
by Julie Musbach - Feb 19, 2019
Award-winning contemporary choreographer Ariel Grossman and her company of seven female dancers will celebrate the 12th Anniversary of ARIEL RIVKA DANCE (ARD) with two premieres, repertory and guest artists at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (25th Street) in New York City. The program will take place in four performances, Thursday, March 28 through Saturday, March 30 at 7:30pm, with a family matinee on March 30 at 11:30am. The two ARD works in premiere, Mossy and Rhapsody in K, will feature newly commissioned scores by composers David Homan and Stefania de Kenessey. Live music will be included at all performances.
ARIEL RIVKA DANCE Comes to BPAC
by Stephi Wild - Jan 30, 2019
by Stephi Wild - Jan 30, 2019
Award-winning contemporary choreographer Ariel Grossman and her company of seven female dancers will celebrate the 12th Anniversary of ARIEL RIVKA DANCE (ARD) with two premieres, repertory and guest artists at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (25th Street) in New York City. The program will take place in four performances, Thursday, March 28 through Saturday, March 30 at 7:30pm, with a family matinee on March 30 at 11:30am. The two ARD works in premiere, Mossy and Rhapsody in K, will feature newly commissioned scores by composers David Homan and Stefania de Kenessey. Live music will be included at all performances. *The full ARD lineup below.
Cast Announced For For ARABESQUE NO. 1 at the 2018 She LA Arts Summer Theater Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jul 5, 2018
by Stephi Wild - Jul 5, 2018
Cambria Denim's new play has an official cast for the 2018 She LA Arts Summer Theater Festival.
DUMPSTER FIRE Announces Official Cast List For 2018 She NYC Summer Theater Festival
by BWW News Desk - Jul 5, 2018
by BWW News Desk - Jul 5, 2018
Emily Comisar's New Play Dumpster Fire has an official final cast for the 2018 She NYC Summer Theater Festival.
THE TROUBLE WITH DEAD BOYFRIENDS Announces The Official Cast For She NYC Arts 2018 Summer Theater Festival
by BWW News Desk - Jul 5, 2018
by BWW News Desk - Jul 5, 2018
The Trouble With Dead Boyfriends explores the lives of Stella, Grace, and Madison, three BFFs who have snagged the monster men of their dreams as dates for their Senior Prom. But what the girls soon discover is that when your dream man is a literal monster things can get ... nightmarish. And if they don't do something quick, Prom may take a turn for the Carrie and end up more Pretty in Red than Pretty In Pink.
DUMPSTER FIRE Announces Official Cast List For 2018 She NYC Summer Theater Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jun 18, 2018
by Stephi Wild - Jun 18, 2018
Emily Comisar's New Play Dumpster Fire has an official final cast for the 2018 She NYC Summer Theater Festival.
THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL Announces Official Cast For 2018 She NYC Arts Summer Theater Festival
by Julie Musbach - Jun 15, 2018
by Julie Musbach - Jun 15, 2018
Sophie Netanel's adaptation of The Wife of Usher's Well has officially announced their cast for the 2018 She NYC Arts Summer Theater Festival.
THE TROUBLE WITH DEAD BOYFRIENDS Announces The Official Cast For She NYC Arts 2018 Summer Theater Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jun 13, 2018
by Stephi Wild - Jun 13, 2018
The Trouble With Dead Boyfriends explores the lives of Stella, Grace, and Madison, three BFFs who have snagged the monster men of their dreams as dates for their Senior Prom. But what the girls soon discover is that when your dream man is a literal monster things can get ... nightmarish. And if they don't do something quick, Prom may take a turn for the Carrie and end up more Pretty in Red than Pretty In Pink.
She NYC Arts Announces Lineup For 2018 Summer Theater Festivals In New York And Los Angeles
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 24, 2018
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 24, 2018
Celebrating its third year in NYC and its inaugural year in L.A., the two festivals will present 13 new full-length shows by women writers.
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