SEASON 35 | August 2023

The Black Feminist Guide to the human body
August 12, 2023

By Lisa B. Thompson
Directed by Rudy Ramirez
Presented by The Vortex

A one-night-only staged reading of a new choreopoem by Lisa B. Thompson. This new theatre piece offers a spiritual mixed tape, praise dance, community guide, self-help book, lullaby, road map, collective diary of prayers and lies, and love song for Black women and girls.

Featuring: Nadine Mozon, Hayley Armstrong, and Sadé M. Jones, who also serves as Movement Director. Dramaturgy by Virginia Grise. Music by Guthrie P. Ramsey, lyrics by Lisa B. Thomspon.

The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body will debut in a full production at The VORTEX, in conjunction with Fusebox Festival, in April 2024.

Co-Commissioned through the National Performance Network (NPN) with Fusebox Festival, The VORTEX, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, and Pyramid Theatre.