Camille Simone Thomas
Camille Simone Thomas
Mud; or when things get messy and how we live with it
Photo Credit: SheNYC Arts
Mud; or when things get messy
and how we live with it
This is a co-sponsored project by ASP Arts Collective.
Choose between 2 in-person performances: Saturday, August 3rd at 4pm Sunday, August 4th at 7pm
These performances will take place at The Connelly Theater (220 East 4th Street, New York)
Starring: Aaron J. Anderson as Dempsey, Brittani Jenese as Zuma, Kyra Davis as Regan & Morgan Scott as Amalia.
Creative Team: Camille Simone Thomas (Playwright), Autumn Angelettie (Director), DaMonique Ballou (Co-Producer), Phoebe Moore (Co-Producer), Sis Thee Doll (Co-Producer, Community Engagement, Social Media), Young Park (Marketing), Leandra Torres Santiago (Stage Manager), Ezekiel Clare (Set Designer), and Cate Alston (Costume Designer).
After having a bipolar disorder-induced psychotic break during the lockdown of 2020, 19-year-old Zuma is the newest resident in the hospital’s psych ward. While she struggles to come to terms with a previously unknown mental illness, her siblings point the blame at God, themselves, and each other. As she vacillates between clarity and chaos, her siblings must come together and work through shame, secrets, and strife to discover what it really means to be a family.
Run time: This show runs approximately 105 minutes and will play without an intermission.
Content Notice: Mention of Suicidal Ideation, Covid-19
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CAMILLE SIMONE THOMAS
Camille Simone Thomas (She/Her) Camille Simone Thomas is a 5th generation Detroiter through her father’s side and a first generation Jamaican through her mothers. It’s important for her to name this because her work most often interrogates cultural legacies, familial healing, spirituality + ancestral wisdom, and the general kicking and screaming of how Black femmes get free despite the oppressive forces of colonialism, capitalism, and white supremacy. Her plays have been workshopped at New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, Sanguine Theatre Company, Blackboard Playwriting series, Lime Arts Theatre company, American Slavery Project, The Obie Award-winning Harlem9 and Detroit Public Theatre Company, Dixon Place, Workshop Theatre, Barter Theatre Company, The National Women's Theatre Festival, The Brick, and more! www.camillesthomas.com
