Bleak Magic by Ashanti Anderson
When: June 19th, 2021
Time: 1:00pm PST, 4:00pm EST
Where: Zoom Virtual Platform
Cost: Donation
BLAC is turrned 1! And to celebrate the anniversary of our launch, we looked forward to an afternoon of Black art and culture. Our program included a land acknowledgement, presented by Andrew P, followed by a director’s note from Leelee Jackson. Bleak Magic was presented thereafter.
Bleak Magic is a one act dark comedy written for a virtual platform that explores the myths and truths of the danger of "Black magic". When conjure woman Miss Virgo perfects the potion for Black magic, she becomes disgusted with the desires of her clients and how they manipulate Black(ness) to gain access to whiteness.
Ashanti Anderson (she/her) is a Black Queer Disabled poet, screenwriter, and playwright. Her debut short poetry collection, Black Under, is the winner of the Spring 2020 Black River Chapbook Competition at Black Lawrence Press and is now available for pre-order. Her poems have appeared in World Literature Today, POETRY magazine, and elsewhere in print and on the web. Learn more about Ashanti’s previous & latest shenanigans at ashanticreates.com.
Directed by Leelee Jackson
Featuring
Queen Shereen as Miss VirgoEriel Milan Brown as IotaNick Kanios as Evil IotaTemídayo Amay as Cecillia Brandon Rachal as Claude