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An ALL-BLACK, virtual, workshop production of "The Black Queens, or House of Dinah" written and directed by Jerome A. Parker built to elevate the theatricality and explore the “live”. On November 20th, 2020 - after a series of in-house workshops - the Tank hosted a live stream of our experiments. But most importantly, this endeavor was created and entirely run by a 20+ team of BLACK creative artists, artisans, and technicians.

This absurd musical, which taps into the art of drag, mixes lip-syncing and live moments of dance and music to tell an intergenerational BLACK, QUEER story of self-reliance, resilience and survival. Songs from jazz legend, black/queer icon, Dinah Washington’s catalogue were celebrated here – and new, hybrid, virtual theater positions were created and built by an ALL BLACK TEAM!

This Patterson Projects Workshop Production is sponsored by an Artistic Residency with the Tank NYC and produced in conjunction with Alan K. Schuster.