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Written, directed, and performed by Raja Feather Kelly

Part dance-theater and part pop-culture collage, Raja Feather Kelly is UGLY and this is the latest from the Warhol-obsessed; Black; Queer; Drama Queen of the feath3r theory and his response to the dearth of nuanced black queer subjectivity in the mainstream. Raja Feather Kelly says, “I am an Ugly man. I am a queer of substance, color and depth, thoughts and expression- and I might even be said to possess magick. I am Ugly, understand, simply because you refuse to see me... “

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  • Raja Feather Kelly

    Writer/Director/Performer

    Raja Feather Kelly, Princess Grace Award winner for 2017 and 2018, is a choreographer for theater, dance, and performance works. 

    Theater credits include: Jackie Sibblies-Drury's FAIRVIEW dir. by Sarah Benson (Soho Rep); LEMPICKA dir. by Rachel Chavkin (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ EVERYBODY dir. by Lila Neugebauer (Signature Theatre); Suzan-Lori Parks’ THE DEATH OF THE LAST BLACK MAN IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD dir. by Lileana Blain-Cruz (Signature; 2017 Lortel Award); Adrienne Kennedy's FUNNYHOUSE OF A NEGRO dir. by Lila Neugebauer (Signature); Marcus Gardley’s THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND dir. by Lileana Blain-Cruz (NYTW); Michael R. Jackson’s A STRANGE LOOP (Playwright Horizons); Daaimah Mubashshir's EVERYDAY AFROPLAY (JACK); and Jim Findlay's ELECTRIC LUCIFER (The Kitchen)

    Dance Theater:  ANOTHER FUCKING WARHOL PRODUCTION (The Kitchen, ADF, nominated 'Most Innovative Dance Performance of 2017' by Dance Magazine); ANDY WARHOL’S BLEU MOVIE (BAM, Baryshnikov Arts Center); ANDY WARHOL’S TROPICO (Danspace); ANDY WARHOL’S DRELLA (I Love You Faye Driscoll) (Invisible Dog); and ANDY WARHOL’S 15: COLOR ME, WARHOL (Dixon Place).

Lighting Designer Tuce Yasak, Set Designer You-Shin Chen, Sound Designer Emily Auciello, Photographer Kate Enman, Project Manager Rachel Pritzlaff, Production/Stage Manager Kimberly Golding, Choreographic Associates Amy Gernux and Aaron Moses Robin

Raja Feather Kelly's UGLY was created with support of the Harkness Foundation, The Bushwick Starr, and the Princess Grace Foundation. Raja Feather Kelly is a 2017 and 2018 Princess Grace Awardee.