Become A Member of Coalition for Queer Youth
October 31, 2011 by Nursha
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LGBTQ youth supporters to have a space to come together, share ideas, organize and use creativity to educate and effect change. Pomo Afro Homos are “Fierce Love(rs)”
October 31, 2011 by Nursha
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The Theater Offensive and Hibernian Hall are proud to present Fierce Love: Stories from Black Gay Life , a show that examines 
the vital issues of race, sexuality, and identity as a whole. The performance, starring its writer and producer, Brian Freeman, and Nursha Project Artist Thandiwe DeShazor, is a remix of the original production with a new group of talented performers. The newly-revived Bessie Award winning troupe uses raucous humor and fearless storytelling to challenge racism and homophobia through a series of vignettes that will leave audiences feeling the pain, pleasure and paradox of Black gay life.
Pomo Afro Homos is a ground-breaking Black queer performance troupe from San Francisco that blends comedy, tragedy, dance, music and rap in this phenomenal presentation. 
EVENT DETAILS
Thursday-Saturday, November 17-19, 2011
Hibernian Hall
184 Dudley Street
Roxbury, Massachusetts 02119 
Novemeber 17, 2011 @ 8pm
November 18, 2011 @ 8pm
November 19, 2011 @ 2pm, 7pm
Tickets: $10-$40. Click here for details !
To learn more, click here .
With support from the National Performance Network , The Theater Offensive led the Fierce Love commissioning team with collaborators from Los Angeles, Washington DC, Burlington, New Orleans and Dallas. The Theater Offensive’s OUT in Your Neighborhood strategy is a driving force behind Fierce Love, focusing on integrating queer theater into interactive community-based programs in Boston-area neighborhoods.
The Theater Offensive’s ongoing Shout it OUT! collaboration with Hispanic Black Gay Coalition (HBGC Boston) will open Fierce Love’s Saturday matinee. Shout it OUT! will be a staged reading of original coming out stories from LGBT people of color. This work was developed in two workshop series with The Theater Offensive staff and Brian Freeman, in which community members learned to stage their writings for a broader audience.
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“Where My Girls At?” Celebrates 5th Anniversary in Home of Inception
October 23, 2011 by Nursha
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“Where My Girls At?” returns home to Oakland, California to celebrate its 5th 
Anniversary!
“Where My Girls At?” is a “thoughtful, provocative, and insanely funny” one woman show written and performed by the “multi-talented” Micia Mosely. Portraying five drastically different characters representing the diversity of Black lesbian experiences, Micia challenges the notion that there is only one way to be Black or queer in the 21st century.
A phenomenal one hour performance steeped in improv and audience participation, Where My Girls At? has thrilled audiences across the country from San Francisco, Detroit and New York to Amherst, Chapel Hill and Honolulu. A New York Innovative Theater Award Nominee, the show, while hilarious, continues to tackle difficult issues including inter and intra-group racism, sexism, and homophobia.
Written & Performed by Micia Mosely
Directed by Tamilla Woodard
Musical Score by RiMarkible Things Music
Produced by Shalonda Ingram
A Nursha Project Production
EVENT DETAILS
Saturday, November 12th, 2011; 7:30-9:30pm
Sunday, November 13th, 2011; 3:00-5:00pm
Oakland School of the Arts
530 18th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
Tickets
$15 if you purchase tickets by Oct. 31, 2011
$12.50 Group Rates
$20 Advance Tickets
$25 Tickets at the door
To purchase tickets, click here
To read a recent review of the performance by D.C. Theatre Scene , click here:
http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/07/09/where-my-girls-at/
NYC Welcomes “Armstrong’s Kid”
September 13, 2011 by Nursha
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After debuting in Los Angeles and leaving its mark on Oakland, “Armstrong’s Kid” makes its way to New 
York City! The Off-Broadway premier of the play features Three time NAACP Theatre Award-Winner, Six time Drama-Logue Award-Winner, and Image Award-Winning novelist, playwright, producer and actor Stanley Bennett Clay, and Nursha Project Artist, actor, playwright, comedian, and producer, Thandiwe Thomas De Shazor.
THE GAY SCHOOLTEACHER!
THE FALSE ACCUSATION!
THE FINAL SHOWDOWN!
Stanley Bennet Clay stars in his gripping new play as a gay schoolteacher falsely accused of child molestation by his best friend’s 14-year-old son, and ends up spending nearly a year in prison before the truth is revealed.
Eleven years later, the now-grown accuser, co-star Thandiwe Thomas De Shazor, seeks forgiveness, igniting a blistering showdown rife with bitter confrontations, shocking revelations, vicious humor, dark truths, and lots of Jack Daniels.
Executive Producer Chas. Floyd Johnson
“This should be on Broadway!”
—award-winning actress Loretta Devine
EVENT DETAILS
Preview Dates: Wednesday-Thursday, October 5-6, 2011
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $20
Friday-Saturday, October 7-8, 2011
Time: 8pm
Ticket: $30
Matinees: Saturday-Sunday, October 8-9, 2011
Time: 3 PM
Ticket: $25
Theatre Information
Roy Arias Theatre Center
300 W. 43rd St. @ 8th Avenue
To purchase tickets, visit:
https://www.smarttix.com/Show.aspx?ShowCode=ARM2
FOR GROUP RATES AND FUNDRAISERS CALL: 323.200.4861
Red “Chases Summer”
August 29, 2011 by Nursha
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Next Stop: Memphis, Tennessee! Join Red Summer in celebrating and promoting her latest project, “Chasing 
Summer.” An online, mini docu-story featuring Red as she tours to promote her work of poetry, the first installment features Red journeying through Memphis, Tennessee to perform at the popular, Soul Cafe.
For more on Red’s Summer adventures in Memphis, click here . You may also read more about Red’s project’s by clicking here .
Nursha Co-Curates Independent Artists’ Week, San Francisco
August 29, 2011 by Nursha
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Join Nursha Project in celebrating Independent Artists’ Week in San Francisco!
Independent Artists’ Week (IAW) is a week-long celebration dedicated to ensuring that artists, arts organizations, and the businesses that support them have a means to celebrate and network. This week of festivities includes live performances, showcases, panels, eco art awareness, networking /consulting, and more! In 2009, we began the process of branding Independent Artists’ Week Celebration to the Fillmore Jazz District. We hosted events in the Western Addition between Fulton and Post streets. Our vision is to continue this with the support and participation of the restaurants, business, and community organizations.
There is something for everyone!
EVENT DETAILS
September 5 – 11, 2011
For more information, click here
Vulgar Tongues: An Exploration of the Anima/Animus Within Us
August 29, 2011 by Nursha
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Charlie Demos & Queer Art Impact present:
VULGAR TONGUES
An exploration of how the Anima/Animus manifest themselves inside each of us. Queer, subversive, uncensored, and highly entertaining, Vulgar Tongues is an multi-media molotov cocktail thrown in the face of misogyny, commercial gay culture,and the identity crisis of the homogenized majority in the United States.
Image: Bruce X Wells
Performers:
Charlie Demos
Brandon Bartling
JZ BICH
Busty Kitten
Saeed Jones
Kristen Tabbutt
with a video from special guest:
Anti-Social
EVENT DETAILS
Friday, September 23, 2011
7-9pm
Bluestockings Bookstore, Cafe, and Activist Center
172 Allen Street
New York, NY 10002
EVENT IS FREE!
Phone: 212.777.6028
For more information, click here .
Back To School With Micia Mosely
August 29, 2011 by Nursha
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Join NPA Micia Mosely in celebrating the “back to school” season during Orientation Week, as her dynamism captivates co-eds across the East Coast!
EVENTS 
NYU Portrait: Voices of a People
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 8pm
Skirball Center
566 LaGuardia Place
New York University
EVENT IS FREE !
Multicultural Taste of Boston
Friday, September 2, 2011 at 6pm
Emerson College
This event is closed to the public, but Emerson students are welcomed!
Excerpts & Workshops of “Where My Girls At?”
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 2pm
Hampshire College Main Lawn
EVENT IS FREE AND OPENED TO THE PUBLIC!!
After 30 Years, Dance Brigade Returns to Dance Theater Workshop
July 5, 2011 by Nursha
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Dance Brigade returns to the Big Apple after 30 years and will be featured at Dance Theater Workshop this summer!
EVENT DETAILS 
Dance Brigade presents The Great Liberation Upon Hearing*
Thursday-Saturday, July 7-9, 2011 @ 2pm
219 West 19th Street
New York, New York 10011
Tickets: $15-$20
For more information, visit www.dancebrigade.org
Phone: 212-924-0077 or 212-924-0077
* The Great Liberation Upon Hearing is a multi-media dance drama based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead
Collaborating Artists
Ramon Ramos Alayo, Tina Banchero, Sarah Bush, Clint Calimlim, Richelle, Donigan, Folawole, Lena Gatchalian, Bruce Ghent, Fredrika Keefer, Krissy Keefer, Juan de la Rosa, and Sonya Smith
Choreographic Contributions: Sara Shelton Mann
Lighting Design: Elaine Bulkholtz
Video & Set: Matthew De Gumbia
Film: Ellen Bruno
Music: Floor Van Herreweghe
Taiko Composition: Bruce Ghent
PRESS
“The company’s arresting blend of dance, music and theatrical brouhaha is marked by a sensiblity that’s accessible, sassy and entirely San Franciscan.”
– SF Weekly
An incredible journey infused with deep intelligence, humor and collective spirit. Artistic Director Krissy Keefer’s compelling piece of theater captures the profound meaning of the enlightened manuscript, The Tibetan Book of the Dead .
Maria Bauman Takes Peridance
July 5, 2011 by Nursha
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If you enjoy witnessing the offerings of the powerfully talented Maria Bauman, here is an opportunity to learn some modern techniques directly from her!
Maria Bauman (MBDance) creates duets and small group dances from a sense of physical and emotional power, a desire for equity, and a fascination with intimacy and relationships. She frequently employs both linear and circular narrative, in addition to other devices, as means of drawing in the viewer to tackle issues such as racialized police brutality or love between women. Bauman’s extensive study of capoeira also informs her choreography.
EVENT DETAILS
Photo Credit: Adrian Jones
MBDance Technique and Repertory with Maria Bauman
Saturday and Sunday, July 9, 2011 – July 10, 2011*
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Peridance Capezio Center
126 East 13th Street
New York, New York 10003
Phone: 212. 505.0886
Fees: $20 Per Single Session
For more information or to register, click here .
* The two classes build onto each other, so taking both is ideal; however, feel free to join us for one (or more)!
