Arden – But, Not Without You
Arden: But, Not Without You is raw, vibrant, and QUEER AS F*CK. Don’t miss this genre-bending new work, commissioned by The Flea and led by Peter Born, Diana Oh, Okwui Okpokwasili, Niegel Smith, Carrie Mae Weems and Nia Witherspoon.
Diana Oh describes Arden as “Four Generations of Deeply Intimately Bound All-Kinds-of-Doing-Shit Artists sharing of themselves in a Tender-Ass Room full of Queer Femme Shamanic Energy who Genuinely and Gently Welcome You: Social Anxieties, Yummy Freakiness, and All.”
Okwui adds: “We assume nothing. We know nothing, other than a shared desire to reach out and learn about how little we have known and how much we assume. We bring each other offerings and practices and we ask people to come and join us in these offerings. Can we come together in this spirit? There will be music, there will be dance, there might be a party. You bring what you can, we will hold a space for it.”
And Diana brings it all back, “When the world be moving so fast, and I be so gentle, this is the room I wanna be in.”
Come as you are.
CAST
Peter Born Viva DeConcini Jack Fuller Bernice “Boom Boom” Brooks
Diana Oh Sharaé Moultrie Niegel Smith Serena Ebony Miller
Carrie Mae Weems
CREATIVE TEAM
COMPOSER Diana Oh
DO NOT LET GO” LYRICS & MUSIC Okwui Okpokwasili
DO NOT LET GO” MUSIC Peter Born
CO-DIRECTOR Nia Witherspoon
CO-DIRECTOR Niegel Smith
ENVIRONMENT DESIGN Peter Born
COSTUME DESIGN Linda Cho
SOUND, LIGHTING & PROJECTION DESIGNER Hao Bai
MUSIC PRODUCER & CO-MUSIC DIRECTOR Jack Fuller
CO-MUSIC DIRECTOR Diana Oh
ASSOCIATE COSTUME DESIGNER Raphael Regan
ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER Bryson Ezell
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Caren Celine Morris
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Ilona Calatayud
COVID SAFETY MANAGER Siobhan Petersen