N*GGA B*TCH

The Vagrancy

The Vagrancy announces BLOSSOMING: a new play reading series; a virtual edition.

N*GGA B*TCH by June Carryl; directed by Ann James. Featuring *Brittney S. Wheeler, *Taamu Wuya, *Nicky Romaniello, Karina Wolfe, *Ted Barton, and *Cathy Diane TomlinPost-Show Talkback with Brittney S. Wheeler at 7:30PM PST via Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheVagrancyTheatreCoSynopsis: Nambi keeps dying and coming back: as an African princess traded to the New World only to drown in the Atlantic; as a suffragette bludgeoned to death by her lover; as a Black Panther shot down by a policeman’s bullet leaving the scene of a failed bombing. After each incarnation she wakes to find the Man in the White Coat. Is he God or the devil? Or just the hospital orderly there to deliver her meds?Eventually, she meets Helen, the place’s only other inmate, stabs an orderly and escapes only to find herself in a flooded subway, then is pulled away from her lover. Soon, all her realities converge and the Man in the White Coat informs her that she is a mistake, perhaps an accident of the Hadron collider, not meant to exist at all. And yet… With the help of a mysterious little girl Nambi finally names her/Self and gains her freedom.In a commencement speech at Barnard College, Viola Davis said, “The world is a wounded place because we are wounded.” And whether we think it’s cheesy or not, the only escape is love—of self and of others. N*GGA B*TCH is about being on repeat and the insanity that is black womanhood: being and yet being invisible, the alternating accommodation and outrage, and downright “What the fuckery???” A riff on existence and letting go, N**GGA B*TCH is a story of grief, healing, and reinvention.About BLOSSOMING: a new play reading seriesThe Vagrancy annually selects six playwrights with diverse perspectives to join their playwrights' group. Beginning each fall, the writers meet regularly as they craft their plays. The Vagrancy hosts two development workshops wherein the plays are explored with the playwright, actors, and a director in a rehearsal setting. This year's theme is "History Repeats Itself."BLOSSOMING is the first public reading of these six original plays which have been rehearsed, recorded and edited into a virtual staged reading presentation. Be inspired, have a glass of wine, and help the plays' development along with post-reading audience and artist talkbacks via Youtube Live’s chat option.After reserving a ticket, you will receive a link to the pre-recorded play 15 minutes before the performance time. The link to the play will expire after 7 days.*The Actor appears through the courtesy of Actors' Equity Association. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors Equity Los Angeles Membership Company RuleThese readings were made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs &amp; is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

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