The third annual Breaking the Binary (BTB) Theatre Festival is officially underway, and we've got pictures of the first two days of programming! Take a look at the gallery below.
Created in 2022, the festival presents pieces written by and developed by transgender, non-binary, and Two-Spirit+ (TNB2S+) theatre artists. All tickets to the festival are complimentary. Programming continues through October 27.
TRUTH //: An Interdisciplinary Variety Show opened the festival at Littlefield in Brooklyn ahead of the rest of the offerings at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Playwrights Horizons. This year's performers included Alaïa, Anania Williams, Ari Notartomaso, César Alvarez, Jade Jones aka Litty Official, JMV, Justin David Sullivan, Nora Schell, ONE (Esco Jouléy), Aja Lynn Downing, Jennifer Nikki Kidwell, Mariyea, Temidayo Amay, Yaffa AS, Blair Barker, Colleen Litchfield, Drae Campbell, Karoline, Zo Tipp, Akane Little, Mei Ann Teo, Zaza Diana Oh, Clew, Marquise Vilsón, Samora la Perdida, b, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Che Kabia, Joslyn Defreece, and Lux Pascal.
Company of TRUTH //: An Interdisciplinary Variety Show
Amanda Toi Meating
Ari Notartomaso
Justin David Sullivan
Alaïa
Anania Williams
Day two October 22 featured a performance of Nissy Aya's Prunin, Hoein, n Cuttin Grapes, directed by Dominique Rider. The cast featured Aja Lynn Downing, fatima jamal, Javon Q. Minter, Jinnifer Nikki Kidwell, Mariyea, Starr Kirkland, and Temidayo Amay.
Ren King in Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
George Strus
Nissy Aya
Mariyea, Javon Q. Minter, and Starr Kirkland in Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
Jennifer Nikki Kidwell in Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
Mariyea in Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
Javon Q. Minter in Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
Aja Lynn Downing in Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
Starr Kirkland in Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
Temidayo Amay in Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
Company of Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
Aja Lynn Downing in Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
fatima jamal in Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
fatima jamal in Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
Starr Kirkland in Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
Javon Q. Minter in Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
Mariyea, Javon Q. Minter, and Starr Kirkland in Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
Mariyea in Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
Aja Lynn Downing in Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
Company of Prunin, Hoein N Cuttin Grapes
This festival is also set to present Harvesting Olives: A Collective Improvisation written and performed Yaffa AS and developed in collaboration with Rad Pereira; Fireside Dances by MJ Kaufman and directed by Aya Ogawa; A Rare Bird, written and directed by Zaza Diana Oh; Lupe Finds Me in the Garden of Dreams by Esperanza Rosales Balcárcel and directed by Adin Walker; and // Dare: A Collection of Commissioned Scenes and Monologues, which has been co-conceived by L Morgan Lee and George Strus, and which will feature new work by D.A. Mindell, Dillon Yruegas, Esmé Maria Ng, Ianne Fields Stewart, Imani Russell, Jayne Deely, Jen Silverman, Jordan Ramirez Puckett, Nikhil Mahapatra, Nora Brigid Monahan, Sasha Velour, and Sophie Sagan-Gutherz.
The 12 commissioned works from Dare will be crafted together by a cast of five TNB2S+ performers to close out the Festival October 27. The works will then be published and licensed by Broadway Licensing in 2025.
For more information, visit BTB-NYC.com/24festival.
