BLKS

Theatre

Name:	The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space/ The Newman Mills Theater
Address:	515 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019

Production Information

First performance date:	April 18, 2019
Opening date:	May 9, 2019
Closing date:	June 2, 2019
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

When shit goes down, your girls show up. As sharply funny as it is poignant, BLKS introduces us to Octavia, Imani, and June--three twenty somethings in New York City hunting for intimacy and purpose in a city that doesn’t seem to care. They drink a lot. They smoke a lot. They try to have sex. A lot. When they need each other the most, the women rally to “resurrect their fly” in a day full of humorous and painful attempts to be heard through the noise that surrounds them. Robert O'Hara (Barbecue) directs. Poet Aziza Barnes makes zir playwriting debut which signifies the arrival of a wholly original voice.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	MCC Theater	Producer

	Aziza Barnes	Playwright

	Robert O'Hara	Director

	Claire Warden	Fight Director
	Claire Warden	Intimacy Director

	Clint Ramos	Set Designer
	Dede M. Ayite	Costume Designer
	Alex Jainchill	Lighting Designer
	Palmer Hefferan	Sound Designer
	J. Jared Janas	Wig, Hair & Make-Up

	Telsey + Company	Casting

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Marié Botha	That Bitch on the Couch
	Antoinette Crowe-Legacy	June
	Alfie Fuller	Imani
	Paige Gilbert	Octavia
	Chris Myers	Justin
	Coral Peña	Ry

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	NOMINATED	2020 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Play	Aziza Barnes	Playwright
			MCC Theater	Producer
2	NOMINATED	2020 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Costume Design	Dede M. Ayite	Costume Designer
3	NOMINATED	2020 Antonyo Award, Best Director	Robert O'Hara	Director
4	NOMINATED	2020 Antonyo Award, Best Costumes	Dede M. Ayite	Costume Designer
5	WON	2020 Antonyo Award, Best Play	Aziza Barnes	Playwright