Tickets at holigayspecial.eventbrite.com!

settle down by Briyana D. Clarel: Friday, December 18 at 7 PM
Directed by Katrina Shobe

Aya suddenly has lots of time to fill after being suspended from work. Restless and reluctant to focus on the uncertain present, Aya starts planning for a beautiful future with their partner Elly. But Elly's not sure how the future Aya’s dreaming of fits into their life. settle down is a thoughtful, funny, moving portrait of Black love, queerness, possibility, and what it means to seek happiness in a world that doesn’t want you to find it. 

Tickets // Facebook

Come check out two weekends of Pay-What-You-Decide readings showcasing PAPA Playwrights Project Members. Readings will be held February 1st, 2nd, 8th, & 9th in the Proscenium Theatre at The Drake!

save the kids by Claris Park
Directed by Cat Ramirez
Featuring: Briyana D. Clarel, Melissa Dunphy, Frank Jimenez, Vida Manalang

CW: School-Shootings

"As of November 2019 there were 45 school shootings in the US. Set amidst an active school shooting, save the kids is told from the viewpoint of the teachers – the grownups who actively make their life about fostering and protecting the lives of children in this harrowing exploration of the reality faced by some our most vulnerable."

Make your reservations below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/papa-presents-save-the-kids-by-claris-park-tickets-88864952465

Briyana D. Clarel’s Saved You A Plate and Brown Girls Squared’s woebegone.
Monday, December 9 | 8pm
$10 advance tickets | $15 at the door
Arrive early for a Queer Cheer Holiday Fair starting at 6:30pm, featuring vendors, activities, and festive cuteness!

Tickets available here.

ACT ONE: Saved You A Plate, A new piece about black queer connection and care, intimacy and interdependence, ruptures and repairs, fulfilling food and friendship. What nourishes us and what makes us feel whole. Directed by Briyana D. Clarel, this work-in-progress is devised by the ensemble and co-produced by The Starfruit Project.

Briyana D. Clarel is a young, gifted, and black queer writer, performer, and educator passionate about musical theatre, mangoes, and memoirs. Briyana is the founder of The Starfruit Project, an initiative supporting radical healing and brilliant growth through creativity. They are currently the Creative Nonfiction Editor for Homology Lit, a member of the sketch comedy teams The Rhubarbs and Mural Outrage, and a member of Ring of Keys.

The Starfruit Project is an arts organization that supports radical healing and brilliant growth through creative writing and performance programs that center queer and trans people of color. Offerings are for practicing artists, budding artists, and anyone seeking support on their journey toward healing and growth.

ACT TWO: woebegone by Cianon Jones, A birthday hits with the wake-up call of a lifetime. Killers, thieves, addicts, cannibals, gurus, and scientists--all these people together in one late-night bakery with serendipity at the helm of it all. Oh, how we end up at the brink. A precipice of every way life could go onward through the stories we live only in our own minds. Directed by Emilia Amador, this semi-staged production is produced by Brown Girls Squared.

Brown Girls Squared is a platform for the artistic craftsmanship of our creative teams, production teams, and casts. To cultivate authentic multicultural theater one has to look upon the entire collaborative process that produces the artwork. We work to open more opportunities for artists of color to be apart of projects that inspire them and for audiences to experience the passion tales of our stories. We want to share cultural representation and all the dynamics within it, learn with each other how the beauties of our differences are still based in our humanity, and to be seen in stories that reflect all of our experiences. We are more than tokenization and stereotyping for the theater—we are people with our own stories that are often quite similar to yours.

SOLSTICE SERIES EVENTS AT THE PAINTED BRIDE ART CENTER

Cami Pileggi’s Dreams and Delusions
Friday, December 6 | 7pm – 9:30pm
$10 advance tickets | $15 at the door

Dreams and Delusions, an Immersive Experience Curated by Cami Pileggi. Don’t miss this one-night-only performance extravaganza showcasing the work of more than, 20 artists featuring visual, multi-media, and performance art in every form imaginable. Under the theme of an altered sense of reality, a walk-through experience, in which viewers can witness live performances, installations, and galleries, and buy pieces of work from local artists and vendors. Audiences are welcome to come and go from 7pm to 9:30pm. (It is recommended to come before 8:00 pm to get the full experience).

Tickets: https://paintedbride.org/events/solstice-series-dreams-and-delusions/

The popular, long running monthly works-in-progress series.

Come see a roster of Philly’s most talented artists perform new material from shows they are working on in this fast-paced sampling of contemporary theater, dance, performance art, and everything in between. Scratch Night is hosted and curated by a different artist each month, and features four to six short performances by local companies and artists, offering an inside look at the future of performance. Featured artists this month include I-Chia Chiu, Vitche-Boul Ra, Oliver Spencer, and Briyana Clarel.

60 minutes

Free RSVP, $5 Suggested Donation

Tickets available here.

Long-time Sink or Sketch champions The Rhubarbs are gracing the Philly Improv Theater with their latest full-length show, which debuted as part of the inaugural Free Fringe festival! The Rhubarbs are Briyana D. Clarel, Tanya Morgan, Amanda Schafer, and Dan Mosley!, featuring Phil Thomas and Leslie Miller!

Tickets available via Facebook & Eventbrite.

Curated by Ang Bey & Briyana D. Clarel
Produced by The Starfruit Project

Healing is non-linear. Art-making is non-linear. Let’s do both at the same time.

For Free Fringe Philly, we’re hosting an evening of theatre works-in-progress by black lgbtq artists.

Free tickets available via Eventbrite and Facebook.

The Rhubarbs are back with a new sketch comedy show for Free Fringe Philly! 

The Rhubarbs are Briyana D. Clarel, Tanya Morgan, Amanda Schafer, and Dan Mosley.

The show is Thursday, September 19th at 8:00pm at Wooden Shoe Books. Free tickets available via Eventbrite & Facebook.  

The Rhubarbs will be competing in August’s Sink or Sketch. Tickets on Facebook and Eventbrite.

Ars Nova Presents: ANT FEST 2019

AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF ALL THE THINGS I'M GOING TO MISS WHEN THE WORLD IS NO LONGER:
Monday, June 24 @ 7PM

Book, Music, Lyrics, Sound Design & Music Direction DANTE GREEN
Additional Music & Lyrics MARLEE GORDON & LYELL HINTZ
Directed by GARRETT ALLEN
Projection Design LYELL HINTZ

The world is ending and you’re invited to the last sh*tshow EVER. It’s an indie-pop rager celebrating the delights and deceptions of existing, and it’s the last one we’ve got. Why not go out with a bang?

GET TIX: arsnovanyc.com/antfest/6.24
$15 in advance l $20 at the door

It’s my first time doing stand up! Information and tickets available here.

I will be reading poetry at this event for queer and trans writers! More information available on Facebook.

I will be performing in Kings by Sam Kaseta. More information below! 

Kings is a show about history, masculinity, and why they're both ridiculous. An exercise in braggadocio, a disputation of the great man theory of history, a rock concept album, and most importantly a PARTY, this show uses drag to parody historical heroism and to give everyone else a chance to wear the pants.

Hosted by Leo Tolstoy, Kings is a drag king cabaret experience for the ages! 
Part of the Tank's Tank-aret series and LadyFest 2018

Featuring:
Julius Caesar
Christopher Columbus
Winston Churchill
Napoleon Bonaparte
and more!

By Sam Kaseta

August 20th, 7 pm at The Tank NYC
312 West 36th Street, 1st Floor

With
Joanna Burns
Amanda Centeno
Briyana Clarel
Nathalie Ellis-Einhorn
Hannah Goldman
Aleca Piper

I will be performing at Honeysunset's Exhibition in Philadelphia! Tickets available on Eventbrite.