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Andrea Ambam’s TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN is an award-winning new play wherein 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 "speculative" USA stamped as a backsliding democracy, TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN is a thrilling theatrical thought experiment where satire, reenactments, ritual, surrealism, and philosophical debate collide to consider the question:

TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN

What if Black women stopped saving American democracy and just ended it instead?

In this deliberately Black femme deliberation space, audiences are invited to witness - and participate in - an interrogation of "The American Experiment" and a manifestation of the consequences this country would face if Black women voted not with resilience, but with righteous rage.

Written by Andrea Ambam

Directed and Choreographed by nicHi douglas

Music Composition and Co-sound design by S T A R R Busby

Co-sound design by Taylor J. Williams

Dramaturgy by Lauren Whitehead

Scenic Design by Sim Carpenter

Lighting Design by Barbara Samuels

Costume Design by Celeste Jennings

Projection Design by Kate Freer

Prop Design by Patricia Marjorie 

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“TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN is grounded in the essense of intersectionality…spiritually uplifting, funny as hell, and deeply engaging.”

Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw
Civil Rights Advocate and Legal Scholar
Coiner of “Intersectionality” and “Critical Race Theory”

What’s next for
TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN?

TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN is currently in development with a full creative and design team, and on track for an off-broadway world premiere in 2028. 

A robust impact campaign will accompany the production including activations with 501c3 organizations focused on democracy, civic engagement, and gender and racial justice. 

Press

Playbill: Off-Broadway News; PAC NYC Announces Second Year of Artistic Commissions for Democracy Cycle. Meg Masseron. January 23, 2026.

Playbill: Readings and Workshops; Gail Bean, Tina Fabrique, N’yomi Allure Stewart, More Join Reading of Andrea Ambam's Twelve Angry Black Women. Meg Masseron. January 16, 2026.

BlexMedia, 12 Set for Staged Reading of Andrea Ambam’s Twelve Angry Black Women. January 13, 2026

BroadwayWorld, The Billie Holiday Theatre Opens 2026 Season with TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN. Stephi Wild. January16, 2026.

BroadwayWorld, PAC NYC Reveals Nine Artistic Commissions for Second Year of The Democracy Cycle Artists include Andrea Ambam, Holly Bass, Justine F. Chen, and more. Chloe Rabinowitz, January 20, 2026.

Commissioned and development support provided by

The Democracy Cycle, a program of Perelman Performing Arts Center | PAC NYC and Civic Foundation
 
Development support provided by the CRITICAL BREAKS Residency Program at Hi-ARTS

Created with support from the 2050 Artistic Fellowship Program at New York Theatre Workshop

Produced by Level Forward 

Fiscally Sponsored by Hi-ARTS

Image credits: MJ Martinez