Event

DUCKLINGS by Amina Henry

Tickets for Saturday will sell out or are already sold out. A wait list will begin at 7:30 pm at the door.

In this new play by Amina Henry (The Animals), four plucky finalists are competing for the Dance Hall Queen of Pittsburgh crown, including reigning Queen Rihanna T, determined librarian Donna, revolutionary romantic Rihanna P, and young mother Bunny. Led by a young and shady entrepreneur, the women travel to Pittsburgh from across the country to twerk their way to possible YouTube stardom. During the pageant, relationships are tested and personal dignity is challenged. Is 'twerking' empowering to women, or degrading? Is the American Dream accessible to everyone? What moves does it take to be a winner? What moves do you have to be willing to make?Ducklingsexplores the complexity of what it means to be a woman within the current American capitalist system.

Dates/Times:
Thursday, May 25 at 8 pm
Friday, May 26 at 8 pm
Saturday, May 27 at 8 pm
Thursday, June 1 at 8 pm
Friday, June 2 at 8 pm
Saturday, June 3 at 8 pm
Wednesday, June 7 at 8 pm
Thursday, June 8 at 8 pm
Friday, June 9 at 8 pm
Saturday, June 10 at 8 pm

Tickets: $18

Amina Henry (Playwright)is a Brooklyn-based playwright and producer. Productions include:The Animalsat JACK,Happily Everat Brooklyn College,An American Family Takes a Loverat Theater for the New City,Water, produced by Drama of Works andThe Minstrel Show, produced as part of the 2013 Bring a Weasel and a Pint of Your Own Blood Festival at 13th Street Theater/CSC (NYC). Her work has been developed by/presented at: The New Group, The Flea, Clubbed Thumb, National Black Theater, Barefoot Theater, Little Theater at Dixon Place, HERE Arts Center, The Brick, JACK, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, OR) and Kitchen Dog Theater (Dallas, TX), among others.