August 10 - September 7, 8pm-10pm (Sat/Sun Matinees 3pm-5pm)
Shipping & Handling
by Star Finch
directed by Lisa Marie Rollins & Leigh Rondon-Davis
Featuring: Tierra Allen, Rolanda D. Bell*, hodari blue, Cat Brooks, Jamella Cross*, Andre K. Jefferson*, Davia Spain, Jasmine Milan Williams | Understudies: Rezan Asfaw, Sundiata Ayinde, Jessica Dim, Jerome White
Shipping & Handling is a theatrical experience constructed as a night out at the theatre told in reverse. The playwright shuffles chronology in order to scramble our historical expectations around Black plays, and unmap our limited vision of a future AI world. Are creations always a reflection of their creator? Can an AI bear witness to divine prophecy? Shipping & Handling seeks to transmit a signal for locating the tone of what it means to be human in this specific moment, and collectively reimagine our future design.
A revolutionary world premiere from Crowded Fire & Campo Santo's Playwright In Residence, Star Finch, Shipping & Handling explores how our humanity will be measured within the soon to be robotic-reality. As an audience member, you'll start at a moment in time and move back; from an afterparty with actors, to a playwright's experimental talkback, to the performance of the play you've been hearing all about, a surreal and beautiful future vision from a Black Feminine gaze.
Recipient of Theatre Bay Area's 2024-25 Rella Lossy Award!
* Member of Actors' Equity Association / SAG-AFTRA
Pay What You Can.
Presented by Crowded Fire Theater Company.
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Shipping & Handling
by Star Finch
directed by Lisa Marie Rollins & Leigh Rondon-Davis
Featuring: Tierra Allen, Rolanda D. Bell*, hodari blue, Cat Brooks, Jamella Cross*, Andre K. Jefferson*, Davia Spain, Jasmine Milan Williams | Understudies: Rezan Asfaw, Sundiata Ayinde, Jessica Dim, Jerome White
Shipping & Handling is a theatrical experience constructed as a night out at the theatre told in reverse. The playwright shuffles chronology in order to scramble our historical expectations around Black plays, and unmap our limited vision of a future AI world. Are creations always a reflection of their creator? Can an AI bear witness to divine prophecy? Shipping & Handling seeks to transmit a signal for locating the tone of what it means to be human in this specific moment, and collectively reimagine our future design.
A revolutionary world premiere from Crowded Fire & Campo Santo's Playwright In Residence, Star Finch, Shipping & Handling explores how our humanity will be measured within the soon to be robotic-reality. As an audience member, you'll start at a moment in time and move back; from an afterparty with actors, to a playwright's experimental talkback, to the performance of the play you've been hearing all about, a surreal and beautiful future vision from a Black Feminine gaze.
Recipient of Theatre Bay Area's 2024-25 Rella Lossy Award!
* Member of Actors' Equity Association / SAG-AFTRA
Pay What You Can.
Presented by Crowded Fire Theater Company.
August 10 - September 7, 8pm-10pm (Sat/Sun Matinees 3pm-5pm)
Shipping & Handling
by Star Finch
directed by Lisa Marie Rollins & Leigh Rondon-Davis
Featuring: Tierra Allen, Rolanda D. Bell*, hodari blue, Cat Brooks, Jamella Cross*, Andre K. Jefferson*, Davia Spain, Jasmine Milan Williams | Understudies: Rezan Asfaw, Sundiata Ayinde, Jessica Dim, Jerome White
Shipping & Handling is a theatrical experience constructed as a night out at the theatre told in reverse. The playwright shuffles chronology in order to scramble our historical expectations around Black plays, and unmap our limited vision of a future AI world. Are creations always a reflection of their creator? Can an AI bear witness to divine prophecy? Shipping & Handling seeks to transmit a signal for locating the tone of what it means to be human in this specific moment, and collectively reimagine our future design.
A revolutionary world premiere from Crowded Fire & Campo Santo's Playwright In Residence, Star Finch, Shipping & Handling explores how our humanity will be measured within the soon to be robotic-reality. As an audience member, you'll start at a moment in time and move back; from an afterparty with actors, to a playwright's experimental talkback, to the performance of the play you've been hearing all about, a surreal and beautiful future vision from a Black Feminine gaze.
Recipient of Theatre Bay Area's 2024-25 Rella Lossy Award!
* Member of Actors' Equity Association / SAG-AFTRA
Pay What You Can.
Presented by Crowded Fire Theater Company.
read more
Shipping & Handling
by Star Finch
directed by Lisa Marie Rollins & Leigh Rondon-Davis
Featuring: Tierra Allen, Rolanda D. Bell*, hodari blue, Cat Brooks, Jamella Cross*, Andre K. Jefferson*, Davia Spain, Jasmine Milan Williams | Understudies: Rezan Asfaw, Sundiata Ayinde, Jessica Dim, Jerome White
Shipping & Handling is a theatrical experience constructed as a night out at the theatre told in reverse. The playwright shuffles chronology in order to scramble our historical expectations around Black plays, and unmap our limited vision of a future AI world. Are creations always a reflection of their creator? Can an AI bear witness to divine prophecy? Shipping & Handling seeks to transmit a signal for locating the tone of what it means to be human in this specific moment, and collectively reimagine our future design.
A revolutionary world premiere from Crowded Fire & Campo Santo's Playwright In Residence, Star Finch, Shipping & Handling explores how our humanity will be measured within the soon to be robotic-reality. As an audience member, you'll start at a moment in time and move back; from an afterparty with actors, to a playwright's experimental talkback, to the performance of the play you've been hearing all about, a surreal and beautiful future vision from a Black Feminine gaze.
Recipient of Theatre Bay Area's 2024-25 Rella Lossy Award!
* Member of Actors' Equity Association / SAG-AFTRA
Pay What You Can.
Presented by Crowded Fire Theater Company.
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