“Outliers: A Black Women’s Theater Showcase”, features original speculative fiction, autobiographical and dramatic pieces by Sikivu Hutchinson, Jessica Robinson, Cydney Wayne Davis and Dee Freeman. The event will also feature local Black women musicians Ife Jie and Honey Blu, emceed by Eclasia Wesley. Sunday, January 26th is SOLD OUT.

The showcase will have some language/profanity/adult situations and is recommended for audience members who are 18+.

• “The Star Behind the Stars”, by Cydney Wayne Davis, examines Davis’ personal and professional trajectory confronting sexism, racism, and ageism as she transitions from being a background singer for iconic stars such as Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, and Diana Ross, blossoming into a writer, actor and “center stage” artist in her own right.

• “Poison Gun”, by Dee Freeman, is an autobiographical monologue set in the late 1960s in a small rural Southern town. It focuses on Loe, a precocious six-year-old math genius who is entrusted with safekeeping the savings of her grandfather

• “The Kinderness”, by Sikivu Hutchinson, focuses on the Black woman-owned Kinderness Corp, which deploys white cyborgs to carry out “corrective historical actions” for Black people. The play explores racial and gender politics in the workplace, AI, dystopia, and reparations vis-a-vis time traveling Black queer and gender expansive characters. Featuring Robbie Danzie, Danni Cassette, Stephanie Jackson and April Audia.

• “Sister X”, by Jessica Robinson, focuses on 19-year-old Vanessa, a young African American woman who embarks on a quest for community, family, and purpose by joining the Nation of Islam, facing the harsh realities of misogyny and oppression.

Danni Cassette of “The Kinderness”

Stephanie Jackson of “The Kinderness”

April Audia of “The Kinderness”

Dr. Ife Jie, hip hop artist-scholar

Honey Blu, singer-songwriter-artist

Robbie Danzie of “The Kinderness”

The cast of the “Kinderness”: Robbie Danzie, April Audia, Stephanie Jackson and Danni Cassette