February 6 - 24, 2024

At JACK: 20 Putnam Ave., Brooklyn
Tuesdays - Saturdays at 7pm

BLACK THEATER NIGHT on 2/15, $15 with code SP0215
ALIVE WE MUST: CANE AFFINITY NIGHT on 2/20, $5 off with code 0220CANE
Celebrating the connections between contemporary Black theater and a 100-year-old Harlem Renaissance classic

The Bushwick Starr is thrilled to partner with JACK to present SELF PORTRAITS (DELUXE), the newest work by playwright Phillip Howze, directed by Dominique Rider.
An inventive, impressionistic new work that blurs the lines between personal and collective memory, refracting and reframing how we spectate in America. Suspended at the edge of confrontation and contemplation, when put together these discursive theatrical portraits – performed in promenade – invite an expansive vision of Blackness and civil society in today’s age, while also opening new portals into the possibility of our greater, shared and speculative futures.

The production features: Clover St Hubert, Christina Jones, Justus Ross and Aris Stevenson

Creative team: Devon Gates (Composer & Music Director), Brittany Vasta (Scenic), Nia Safarr Banks (Costumes), Masha Tsimring (Lighting), Kathryn Ruvuna (Sound)
Sydneii Colter (Stage Manager), Jordan Barnett (Assoc. Lighting)

Presented in association with JACK
Line Produced by Ayana Parker Morrison

SELF PORTRAITS (DELUXE)  is made possible with generous support from The Jerome Foundation, The MAP Fund, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. 

Portions of SELF PORTRAITS have been previously developed, presented, or iterated at  BRIC Arts-Media, Lincoln Center, PRELUDE Festival, and Performance Space New York.

Show artwork: Self Portrait #33