MAINSTAGE
JUNE 11 - 29, 2024
The Bushwick Starr presents
Presencia
Book, Music and Lyrics by Michelle J. “Micha” Rodriguez
Directed by Mei Ann Teo
Produced in association with ¡Oye! Group and The Sol Project
With support from Musical Theatre Factory
Tickets: $22.75-$27.85 (includes fees)
Tickets go on sale May 14
Runtime: 75 minutes
PRESENCIA is a tender and comedic millennial music theater piece that reshapes the Moses story for women of color grappling with the hazards and challenges of leadership, told with Bible-fan-fiction vibes, varying degrees of reverence and satire, and a vibrant anthemic musical score rooted in jazz/R&B. When a succulent plant bursts into flames and tells fitness instructor Presencia it's the god of her ancestors, she must decide what to do… Sometimes liberation must be practiced at the smallest scale. Expect miracles, magic, divine feminine energy, and the healing power of presence and intuition in this ultimately joyous new piece of music theater.
Michelle J. Rodriguez
About The Bushwick Starr
The Bushwick Starr is an Obie Award winning not-for-profit theater that presents an annual season of new performance works. We are an organization defined by both our artists and our community, and since 2007, we have grown into a thriving theatrical venue, a vital neighborhood arts center, and a destination for exciting and engaging performance. We provide a springboard for emerging professional artists to make career-defining leaps, and we are a sanctuary where established artists come to experiment and innovate. We are also a neighborhood playhouse, serving our Bushwick, Brooklyn community's diverse artistic needs and impulses.r early career playwrights.”
Read more at thebushwickstarr.org
UPSTAIRS
JUNE 7 - AUGUST 3, 2024
Pre-Existing Condition
OHenry Productions presents
By Marin Ireland
Directed by Maria Dizzia
Creative Consultant Anne Kauffman
Tickets: $64.91 - $162 (includes fees)
Runtime: 90 minutes
Pre-Existing Condition explores the challenges, shared community and everyday indignities of learning to move forward after a life-altering, harmful relationship.
Tatiana Maslany* / Julia Chan* / Deirdre O'Connell / Tavi Gevinson / Maria Dizzia
share the role of "A" in rotation
with Greg Keller / Dael Orlandersmith / Sarah Steele
and Raquel Chavez / Gregory Connors
**Tatiana Maslany is expected to perform June 7 - June 14 & June 17- 19
**Julia Chan is expected to perform June 15 & June 20-22
Performance dates for Deirdre O'Connell, Tavi Gevinson, and Maria Dizzia are to be announced.
Stage Managed by Ashley-Rose Galligan and Eric Nolan Mattingly.
July 30 - August 11
SheNYC Summer Theater Festival
Tickets: $35
Back for its 9th year, the SheNYC Summer Theater Festival presents 8 full-length plays & musicals by women, trans, & non-binary writers. These shows were selected from over 300 submissions from around the world, and represent the best emerging writers in the US.
Borderland — July 31 (7:30pm), August 1 7:30pm)
Dead Air — August 8 (7:30pm), August 10 (6pm)
Fish Meat — August 2 (6pm), August 3 (1pm)
Mere Waters — August 4 (3:30pm), August 5 (7:30pm)
Mud — August 3 (4pm), August 4 (7pm)
The Angel Makers — August 7 (7:30pm), August 10 (8:30pm)
The Bookstore — August 3 (8pm), August 4 (12:30pm)
The Station — August 9 (8:30pm), August 10 (2:30pm)
About SheNYC
SheNYC Arts supports and showcases the talents of writers, composers, producers, directors, and other theater artists who are part of a marginalized gender group, including cis women, trans, and non-binary people.
Our mission is to prove that there is no reason for male artists to have the overwhelming majority of professionally produced work on Broadway, off-Broadway, and around the country. We provide artists with the resources they need on their path to leadership roles in the industry.
Each summer, we produce our Summer Theater Festivals in New York City, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. Year-round, we provide women writers, composers, and directors with resources to jump-start their careers in the theater industry, including CreateHER, our program for high school students interested in pursuing careers as playwrights and producers.
Please note that anyone who identifies as a cis woman, trans person, or non-binary person is welcome to apply for all of our programs.