About the Show

Hottentotted

                    written by Charly Evon Simpson                      directed by Colette Robert

Hottentotted is a play created for and by black women. It is about acknowledging the history our bodies hold, the history held in bodies that look like ours, the history we try to avoid. Inspired by interviews and workshops held over the past year, Hottentotted is about diverse black women sitting in a room together, sharing painful, funny, infuriating, hopeful stories because we think the others just might understand. It is a glimpse into the lives of some black women in the United States today, an opportunity to discuss what is usually kept quiet.

Development History:

Performed at The Tank in their Save & Print Series 2017.

Performed at Ars Nova in ANT Fest 2016.

Reading at Cloud City as a part of  Fresh Ground Pepper's 2015 PlayGround PlayGroup Final Showings.