Queer, Mama. Crossroads
Written by Anastacia-Reneé
Co-Directed by Anastacia-Reneé & Aviona Rodriguez-Brown

April 5 – May 4, 2019
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30 pm
PWYC Mondays April 15 & 22
Matinee Sunday, April 14th 2:00 PM
Talkbacks following the performance April 6 & May 2 (see below for more info)
No Performance on Friday, April 19 (see below for more info)

The show is 60 minutes, with no intermission. Audience members are highly encouraged to take the opportunity to decompress following the performance in the Annex lounge.
CONTENT WARNING:
Violence, death, and flashing lights.

Where do black women go when their souls have been taken too soon? At the crossroads. Explore racism, sexism, homophobia, systemic silence, and spirit in this choreo-poem-performance piece. Dismantle the American cover of denial and secrecy regarding injustices committed against queer women of color who are mothers.

Featuring:
Ebo Barton as Invisible 1
Simone Dawson as Forgotten
Kamari Bright as No Hashtag
Jalayna Carter as Ansister
Naa Akua as Guide
Modessa Jacobs as Understudy for No Hashtag

Creative Team:
Writer and Co-Director Anastacia-Reneé is a writer, performance artist, and workshop facilitator who has been described as a queer super-shero of color. She was the 2015-2016 Poet-in-Residence at Hugo House, received the 2017 Artist of the Year award and has been named the 2018-2019 Seattle Civic Poet. The Civic Poet program celebrates Seattle’s rich literary community while investing in the future of literary arts through community engagement.

Co-Director Aviona Rodriguez Brown is a afrolatinx curvaceous person who bends time and space itself to be involved in the theater. Aviona is a seattle based teaching artist, stage manager, model, actor, director, producer and student. As a social justice leader, she hopes to begin a detention replacement program that teaches at risk children and adults art therapy.

Elizabeth Barrett – Scenic Designer
Janelle Kimbrough – Costume Designer
Zane Suarez – Lighting Designer
Dayana Capulong – Sound Designer
Raven Blue – Dancer/Choreographer
Lydia Valentine – Dramaturg
Carlette Odemwingie – Stage Manager
Omar Forrest – Production Manager

Poster Design by Maria Jose Soerens
Photography by Jaycee Hermida Holmes

On Friday April 5, Saturday April 6 and Thursday May 2, there will be a guided talkback following the performance of Queer, Mama. Crossroads. Anyone who has seen the show on another night during the run is welcome to join. Just bring your program and show it to the box office volunteer at the door.

On Friday April 19, there will be no performance of Queer, Mama. Crossroads. In its place at 7:30 pm, Anastacia-Reneé will publicly offer her class “How to be an Effective Ally” in which people who feel overwhelmed or guilty about not knowing how to help individuals who are systematically and subconsciously racially targeted or consistently treated unfairly can learn techniques about how to become an effective ally through writing exercises and examples. Purchase tickets at bit.ly/annexally