MAINSTAGE
JUNE 11 - 29, 2024
The Bushwick Starr presents
Presencia
Book, Music and Lyrics by Michelle J. “Micha” Rodriguez
Directed by Mei Ann Teo
Produced in association with ¡Oye! Group and The Sol Project
With support from Musical Theatre Factory
Tickets: $22.75-$27.85 (includes fees)
Tickets go on sale May 14
Runtime: 75 minutes
PRESENCIA is a tender and comedic millennial music theater piece that reshapes the Moses story for women of color grappling with the hazards and challenges of leadership, told with Bible-fan-fiction vibes, varying degrees of reverence and satire, and a vibrant anthemic musical score rooted in jazz/R&B. When a succulent plant bursts into flames and tells fitness instructor Presencia it's the god of her ancestors, she must decide what to do… Sometimes liberation must be practiced at the smallest scale. Expect miracles, magic, divine feminine energy, and the healing power of presence and intuition in this ultimately joyous new piece of music theater.
Michelle J. Rodriguez
About The Bushwick Starr
The Bushwick Starr is an Obie Award winning not-for-profit theater that presents an annual season of new performance works. We are an organization defined by both our artists and our community, and since 2007, we have grown into a thriving theatrical venue, a vital neighborhood arts center, and a destination for exciting and engaging performance. We provide a springboard for emerging professional artists to make career-defining leaps, and we are a sanctuary where established artists come to experiment and innovate. We are also a neighborhood playhouse, serving our Bushwick, Brooklyn community's diverse artistic needs and impulses.r early career playwrights.”
Read more at thebushwickstarr.org