SKINFOLK

An American Show is a wide-sweeping concert/play structured in seven movements that explores the questions and limits (?) of blackness, performance, and country in a sensuous and reflective cabaret experience. As the music sounds, you drop down into a ritual of liberation, bearing witness to the playwright-performer's identity, heritage and legacy as a black woman in this America. This play collides with blues, jazz, neo soul, pop, rock and spiritual black legacies.

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By Jillian Walker
Directed by Mei Ann Teo
Presented by The Bushwick Starr & National Black Theatre
in association with Musical Theatre Factory

Featuring: Tsebiyah Mishael Derry*, Lori Sinclair Minor* and Jillian Walker*
Musicians: Kasaun Henry, Bryce Collins, and Jason Smith

Music Direction/Co-composition, Arrangements and Orchestrations by Kasaun Henry Co-composition and Lyrics by Jillian Walker
Movement by nicHi douglas
Structural Dramaturgy by Mei Ann Teo and Jillian Walker
Scenic Designer: You-Shin Chen
Costume Designer/Visual Dramaturg: Irina Kruzhilina
Lighting Designer: Tuçe Yasak
Projection Designer: Kameron Neal
Associate Lighting Designer: Itohan Edoloyi
Assistant Scenic Designer/Props Master: Patricia Marjorie
Assistant Costume Designer: Anne Marie Gabalis
Props Assistant: Juliana Castro
Props Intern: Ana Moioli
Production Stage Manager: Katie Kennedy*
Assistant Stage Manager: Caren Celine Morris
Production Assistant: Lia Jones
Lead Scenic Charge: Erin Kiernan
Production Audio/A1: Samy Ravs
Master Electrician: Antígona González
Sound Consultant: James Williamson
Carpenters: Michael DeCaul, Rob Hille, Brian Jackson, Dylan Joyce, Jonathan Joyce, Joe Pietropaolo, Jeffrey Rowell, Adam Wyron
Electricians: Kourtney Charles, Samuel Grady, Kenneth Olguin, Ryan Seelig, Christina Tang
Sound Crew: Samy Ravs, Tyler Walkes
Drivers: Rob Hille, Rodrigo Fisher
Production Manager: Emma Johnson
Assistant Production Manager: Jack Scaletta
Technical Director/Sound Consultant: Jay Maury
Producer: John Del Gaudio
Assistant Producer: Amara Brady   

Photo by Maria Baranova