Upcoming events.
WORK IN PROCESS: SWEETFISH!
SWEETFISH! is a play with music that deals with themes of race, colour, gender, and sexuality, but really about the silent power that exists behind relationships — all with a strong dose of camp and drag.
Tickets: $5-20 | Pay what you can
Touch of RED: RECOLLECTION
Hi-ARTS and TRIBE are pleased to invite you to the film screening of the dance documentary Touch of RED: RECOLLECTION.
Touch of RED: RECOLLECTION is an ethereal dance documentary following MacArthur fellow Shamel Pitts, as he embarks on a storied journey of discovery through multiple art residencies with members of his Brooklyn-based arts collective TRIBE. The documentary directed by Taylor Antisdel weaves together the threads of memory and experience as we witness Shamel creating his live work, Touch of RED.
Join us for the first screening of this documentary in the heart of our hometown, Brooklyn.
Complete your experience by joining our workshop with Shamel Pitts at Hi-ARTS. More details here.
Free with RSVP
ARTIST LAB | In Practice with Shamel Pitts
Hi-ARTS and Tribe present ARTIST LAB | In Practice, a movement workshop with award-winning choreographer Shamel Pitts.
Through a 6 Step Program of Artistic Practice | Creation Process, Pitts will explore the following questions:
How do these 6 steps inform the rehearsal & artistic process?
How might what is learned as an artist inform you as an administrator?
How might your Artistic Practice/Artistic Life inform your administration working style/flow within an arts organization?
Attendees should bring pen & paper, and arrive in comfortable clothing, ready to dance as he guides them into movement.
Pitts will also demonstrate how these 6 steps show up inside of the rehearsal process of Touch of RED with dance partner Channce Williams.
WORK IN PROCESS: America is in the Heart
America is in the Heart is an adaptation of what is considered to be the first novel, of the same name, that depicts the Filipino-American experience, written by Carlos Bulosan and published in 1946. Adapted for performance, America is in the Heart will serve as a means of building solidarity across class, age and race; shedding light on how forgotten ancestors contributed to and built the labor movement in 1930s California while asking, “how can we follow in their footsteps?”
Tickets: $5-20 | Pay what you can
WORK IN PROCESS: GUTTAH PART II
Join us on March 26 for Maleek Rae’s GUTTAH PART II: ecdysis. Developed through CRITICAL BREAKS, GUTTAH PART II: ecdysis, the second installment of the trilogy series set in Detroit that reframes life in the hood as one of royalty, spirit, and ceremony. The work employs music and movement to explore Black bloodlines, family, transness, and transformation. During their Hi-ARTS residency, Maleek will focus on deepening music as a foundational ceremonial practice.
Tickets: $5-20 | Pay what you can
WORK IN PROCESS: Collective Thread
For the last 4-weeks, MODArts Dance Collective has been facilitating their Move to Change Residency with support from Hi-ARTS. Join them on November 1 for an intimate showing will highlight each artist's creative process in a work-in-progress solo, culminating the tenure of a four Saturday residency.
Staged Reading "Twelve Angry Black Women" by Andrea Ambam
Suspicious, indeed. In TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN, a new experimental & speculative play by Andrea Ambam, the fate of a peculiar and unprecedented case in American history rests in the hands of an all-Black, all-Femme jury.
Set within a USA stamped as a backsliding democracy, TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN is a theatrical truthtelling experience where satire, ritual, and reenactment collide to stress-test American democracy and contemplate the consequences this country would face if Black women voted not with our resilience, but our righteous rage.
This staged reading is directed and choreographed by Obie Award-winner nicHi douglas, with music composition by Obie Award-winner S T A R R busby.
Staged Reading "Twelve Angry Black Women" by Andrea Ambam
Suspicious, indeed. In TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN, a new experimental & speculative play by Andrea Ambam, the fate of a peculiar and unprecedented case in American history rests in the hands of an all-Black, all-Femme jury.
Set within a USA stamped as a backsliding democracy, TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN is a theatrical truthtelling experience where satire, ritual, and reenactment collide to stress-test American democracy and contemplate the consequences this country would face if Black women voted not with our resilience, but our righteous rage.
This staged reading is directed and choreographed by Obie Award-winner nicHi douglas, with music composition by Obie Award-winner S T A R R busby.
Journal 2 Journey Application Deadline
Journal 2 Journey (J2J) is a pre-professional, creative youth development program designed to expose youth to the world of devised theater with a focus on Youth Leadership Development, Tiered Mentorship, Artistic Rigor, and Social Justice.
J2J is designed to inspire young artists to imagine the possibilities of writing that expand beyond traditional forms, styles, and genres while providing a platform that celebrates their voices. Previous participants have gone on to pursue successful careers as stage actors, playwrights, and designers.