Arden – But, Not Without You

February 6-March 6, 2022

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

Jack Fuller

Diana Oh

Bernice “Boom Boom” Brooks

Serena Ebony Miller

Niegel Smith

Viva DeConcini

Sharaé Moultrie

Carrie Mae Weems

CREATIVE TEAM

COMPOSER

“DO NOT LET GO” LYRICS & MUSIC

“DO NOT LET GO” MUSIC

CO-DIRECTOR

CO-DIRECTOR

ENVIRONMENT DESIGN

COSTUME DESIGN

SOUND, LIGHTING & PROJECTION DESIGNER

MUSIC PRODUCER & CO-MUSIC DIRECTOR

CO-MUSIC DIRECTOR

ASSOCIATE COSTUME DESIGNER

ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

COVID SAFETY MANAGER

Diana Oh

Okwui Okpokwasili

Peter Born

Nia Witherspoon

Niegel Smith

Peter Born

Linda Cho

Hao Bai

Jack Fuller

Diana Oh

Raphael Regan

Bryson Ezell

Caren Celine Morris

Ilona Calatayud

Siobhan Petersen