A comedic high-energy one woman show, uncovering the toll of racism on black women’s mental health.
Are you:
Tired of people touching your hair? Asking where you’re from? No like, where you’re really from? Seeing micro-aggressions in every interaction you have? This show is for you.
Are you:
White? Committed to racial equality? An “ally”? We’re about to find out.
Black Girl Rising is a powerful one woman show about racism and mental health. Combining three performance styles in storytelling, stand-up comedy, and spoken word poetry, the show explodes stereotypes with laughs, tears and everything in between.
With plenty of audience engagement and no white privilege to hide behind if you don’t see this show yourself, you’ll definitely hear about it.
Content Warnings: Hate Speech, Haze and Strobe
Written and Performed by Linnea Tengroth
Directed by Mark McDonald
Animation by Brydee Lister
Dramaturgy: N’Gadie Roberts
Marketing Coordinator: Suzie Dieudonne
Image by Darren Gill
Black Girl Rising was developed with the assistance of Metro Arts.
Access Information:
Visual rating 50%: Events are partly subtitled or include dialogue, background music and/or sounds, so d/Deaf and hard of hearing audiences can have some engagement with the event.
Aural Rating 50%: Has both sound and visual components, but sight isn’t essential to be able to engage with the event.
