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THE BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM ...ACCORDING TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Nov 1-24, 2019
OFF - BROADWAY at HERE Arts Center
145 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013
11 Shows to see this Weekend - New York Times
Part installation, part durational performance, and completely mesmerizing, The Black History Museum…According to the United States of America invites audiences to experience brave, inclusive narratives about the creation of America, and its re-telling in our schools, media, and communities. Zoey Martinson, in collaboration with Smoke and Mirrors Collaborative, will be transforming HERE’s entire space – dressing rooms, hallways, lounge, theatre spaces – into The Black History Museum… for audiences of all backgrounds to experience representations of life as a Black American throughout history.
"It is not bleak, it is not hit you over the head dogmatic, it is funny and endearing and damn clever, taking what we know and twisting it, uncovering what we thought we knew and shining a light on it, stating the obvious in surprising ways. I urge you to see this remarkable piece of theatre, art, music, dance. Having seen many of the shows currently on and off-broadway about race in this country, this one is one of the BEST if not THE BEST, entertaining, educational, engaging and submerging you in the whole experience." - The Front Row Center
"...part theater, part museum — an impressively ambitious collaborative effort by a veritable army of African-American artists." - New York Theatre
"The Black History Museum, like many works of art, requires its audience to put some of themselves into the piece. This production is meant to be experienced. In my head, I heard my relatives." - TheatreReviewsFromMySeat.com
"...amusing, stimulating, upsetting, and unique experience." - TheatreScene.net
Nov 1- 24, 2019
Tue-Sat @ 7pm
Sat & Sun @ 3pm
$35 General Admission
$50 Pay It Forward
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Featured Content
The Collaborative...
Conceived and Directed Zoey Martinson
Written Zoey Martinson
Kareem M. Lucas
Jonathan Braylock
Additional Writing by: Robert King
Shenovia Large
Choreography Francesca Harper
Composed Avi Amon
Scenic Design D'Vaughn Agu
Costume Design Ari Fulton
Lighting Design Ayumu Poe Saegusa
Projection Design Brittany Bland
Dramaturge Arminda Thomas
Visual Art and Installations:
Brandan "B-mike” Odums
Paula Champagne
Kalin Norman
Shariffa Ali
Laetitia Ky
Yusef Miller
PERFORMERS:
Kareem M. Lucas*
Robert King
Marcia Berry
Landon Woodson*
Tabatha Gayle*
Toni Ann DeNoble*
Langston Darby
DANCERS: Latra Wilson
Telly Fowler
Taylor Boyland
Eury German
*Actors Appear Curtsey of Actors Equity
FILM CREDITS
Video Designer / Director Zoey Martinson
Cinematography Katherine Castro
Animator / VFX: Daria Amai Shelton
Video Dancers Briana Reed and Lloyd Boyd
Lighting Design / Gaffer: Justin W. King
PRODUCTION STAFF
Production Manager Clementine Seely
Technical Director Steven Brenman
Stage Manager Alex B. West
Assistant Stage Manager Josephine Ronga
Researcher A.J. Muhammad
Casting Director Actors Katie Houben Casting
Casting Director Dancers Josephine Ronga
Marketing for Smoke & Mirrors Augustus Cook
Costume Fabrication Timmy Schues
Costume Assistant Sarah Gallegos
Funding:
Additional support for The Black History Museum provided by mediaThe Foundation; Mertz Gilmore Foundation; the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation; the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation; Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation; the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; and with support from The Made in NY Women’s Film, TV & Theatre Fund by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment in association with The New York Foundation for the Arts. Developmental support has been provided by a Creative Residency at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at University of Maryland and Hi-Arts Critical Break Residency.
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Meet the Cast of Black History Museum!
Workshop in New Orleans with the Black History Museum creative team.