STORYTELLER. TRUTHTELLER. MULTIHYPHENATE.
STORYTELLER. TRUTHTELLER. MULTIHYPHENATE.
STORYTELLER. TRUTHTELLER. MULTIHYPHENATE. STORYTELLER. TRUTHTELLER. MULTIHYPHENATE.
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Staged Reading of TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN by Andrea Ambam at The Billie Holiday Theatre
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 radical reimagining of a classic courtroom drama – told through a Black feminist lens – is written by Andrea Ambam, directed and choreographed by Obie Award-winner nicHi douglas, with music composition by Obie Award-winner S T A R R busby.
Cast includes: Kimberly Marable, Cassandra Freeman, Alfie Fuller, Tina Fabrique, Nile Assata Harris, N'yomi Allure Stewart, Gail Bean, DeWanda Wise, Kai Heath, Adrianna Mitchell, Bisserat Tseggai, and Janelle McDermoth.
⭐️ Thursday, Jan 29th 2026
⭐️ The Billie Holiday Theatre (1368 Fulton Street)
⭐️ Doors at 6:30 PM | Show at 7:00PM
Get tickets HERE.
More To Talk About Residency
MORE TO TALK ABOUT (MTTA) is Level Forward’s Anthem Award–winning audience engagement platform that uses story to ignite culture-shifting conversations, activations, and community-building experiences.
Join her monthly at Soho House NYC in conversation with award-winning artists and changemakers who, through their work, exemplify how storytelling can help us to create justl futures.
Visit www.moretotalkabout.com/events to RSVP.
The Apollo’s Works in Process Series
In BRICKS - a new musical by Charlene Jean and Franklin Rankin – a mother represses the gifts of her daughter, hoping to protect her innocence from a world that has torn their lives apart. But as her daughter comes of age, she learns the truth of her purpose and the spirits who guide her. Will a mother’s love trump the power of the spirit world, and can this sacred mother-daughter relationship survive the betrayal of lies for the sake of their own safety?
Conceiver, Co-writer, Co-Composer: Charlene Jean
Co-Composer: Franklin Rankin
Co-writer/Dramaturg: Andrea Ambam
Director: Chesray Dolpha
Choreographer: Maleek Washington
Creative Producer: Eric Emauni
⭐️ October 29th, 2025
⭐️ The Apollo | Procope Theatre
⭐️ Shows at 2:30 & 7:30
Broadway Advocacy Coalition Night of Artivism
’On the Other Side’ exposes how our schools are entangled with systems of punishment and imagines what it takes to BREAK FREE. Presented as part of Night of Artivism — in partnership with Alliance for Quality Education and The Children’s Agenda — this performance highlights the #SolutionsNotSuspensions Act, a bill to end harsh school discipline and support restorative practices across NY.
Written by: Stephanie Pacheco — National Youth Poet Laureate
Directed by: Andrea Ambam
⭐️ Sept 30th, 2025
⭐️ The Tank NYC
⭐️ Doors at 7PM | Show at 7:30PM
Learn more about the Night of Artivism here.
Inaugural Stage Left Festival presented by Working Theater and Broadway Advocacy Coalition at Playwrights Horizons
Stage Left is an innovative new play festival from Working Theater and Broadway Advocacy Coalition that brings the stories from the frontlines of progressive movements to center stage through six groundbreaking staged readings of plays from the 99%. Each play is paired with a community partner —REI Soho Union, Worker’s Justice Project, and Releasing Aging People in Prison—to catalyze conversation and create pathways to immediate, meaningful action.
DATE OF RELEASE
a new play by Andrea Ambam
“Separated by incarceration, twin sisters Jade and Jasper make parallel attempts to get free, despite being on opposite sides of prison walls. One seeks somatic therapy at a wellness studio, the other prepares for her fourth parole hearing. What tethers them? The aching anticipation of release.”