The Clark Doll
Tyler Thomas (APP alumni '17) has directed a new work titled, The Clark Doll. The piece is a part of a larger festival called SHE Creates, celebrating the work of female identifying artists of color. The theme of this year's festival is Reclaiming Identity and features over 20 female or genderqueer artists and their work. These works include writing (film, theatre, narrative, poetry), performance art, visual art, video, movement, music, and comedy. The festival and production runs from Feb 19th-24th at the New Ohio Theater.
Written by Liz Morgan, The Clark Doll is an afro-surrealist work, inspired by the psychological experiment of the 1930s, examining the impact of racism on the imagination and asking how we, as black women, escape and reclaim the marginal and often violent narratives given to us by society - towards the building of our own liberated identities.
“The experiment of The Clark Doll, to me, is a kind of psychological resistance, a decolonization of the imagination. The play asks how we do war with the marginal, often violent narratives given to us by society as black women, and more largely as communities of color. And how, through such work, we might move towards the (re)building of our own liberated social and spiritual identities.” - Tyler Thomas
A ticket to SHE Creates includes:
- opening acts by female and genderqueer artists (music, film, performance art, dance)
- entrance into the gallery featuring work by Artcepted, Arlen Vanderlinde, and dozens of emerging female and gender queer visual artists
- the New York Premiere of The Clark Doll
- a party every night hosted by Akin
Reserve a $25 ticket by visiting https://thisismakeshift.org/she-creates or calling OvationTix at (866) 811-4111. Use code ARTIST for $20 artist discounts.