Pomo Afro Homos are “Fierce Love(rs)”
October 31, 2011 by Nursha
Filed under Nursha Project Artists, Nursha World Featured Content
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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Productions
September 29, 2010 by Nursha
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“Children of the Last Days” 
“Children of the Last Days” is written and performed by Thandiwe Thomas De Shazor. It is a comedy show that aims to satirize Black church culture and the contradictions therein. So bring your Good Sunday Clothes, Your Tambourine, Your Church Fan and Your Sense of Humor! Get Ready! Get Ready! Get Ready!
Written & performed by Thandiwe Thomas DeShazor
Directed by Norman Gee
Produced by Shalonda Ingram
A Nursha Project Production
Get Into It
Join Nursha Project in launching our newest production, Get Into It ! Written and produced in a talk-show format, Get Into It will delve into topics relating to health, wealth, and prosperity. The purpose of the the project is to document and share the experiences of transnational pop-culturalism in real-time through the kaleidoscope of arts, entertainment, social, political, historical, and environmental media. Community members will be encouraged to express current and ever changing experiences that reflect their hyper-local social experiences. To learn more, click here .
The Paul Robeson Project
Ever heard of Paul Robeson?
He is an internationally renowned and celebrated actor, athlete, lawyer, singer and activist. Yet, he is all but erased from mainstream US history. Paul Robeson is pre Civil Rights Movement and smack dab Jim Crow and McCarthyism. Despite these obstacles, he achieves highly. Despite being a high achiever, human flaws arise…
This lecture demonstration about Paul Robeson by “Paul” shares his history, experiences, and what elements make up his particular brand of icon.
Performed by Kim Howard 
Developed and Directed by Mimi McGurl
A Nursha Project Production
“Where My Girls At?”
“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
Produced by Shalonda Ingram
A Nursha Project Production
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Children of the Last Days
July 8, 2010 by Nursha
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“Children of the Last Days” is a semi-autobiographical, multi-media piece written and performed by Thandiwe Thomas De Shazor. It is a comedy show that aims to satirize Black church culture and the Black gay community, as well as the contradictions therein. The performance piece implements prose, monologues, dance, and comedy to explore the past, present, and the future! So bring your Good Sunday Clothes, Your Tambourine, Your Church Fan and Your Sense of Humor! Get Ready! Get Ready! Get Ready!
Written & performed by Thandiwe Thomas DeShazor
Directed by Norman Gee
Produced by Shalonda Ingram
