Jody is throwing her annual party for her gang of actor, singer, dancer friends. Performers who’ve spent their lives onstage. They step into their stories, funny and poignant – from auditioning for Francis Ford Coppola to playing Cleopatra’s handmaiden in a plastic wig. Featured are NYC dancer/choreographers Kim Grier (artistic director, Rod Rodgers Dance Company), Ellis Wood (artistic director, Ellis Wood Dance) and original music by composer Omari Abdul-Alim. Award-winning writer Bil Wright’s The Music Sounds Different to Me Now is not a musical, but you still leave Jody’s studio singing.

Bil Wright

is an award-winning Young Adult novelist, playwright and actor. His novels include Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy (Lambda Literary Award and American Library Association Stonewall Book Award), When the Black Girl Sings (Junior Library Guild selection), and the critically acclaimed Sunday You Learn How to Box. His plays include Bloodsummer Rituals, based on the life of poet Audre Lorde (Jerome Fellowship), and Leave Me a Message (San Diego Human Rights Festival premiere). He is the Librettist for This One Girl’s Story (GLAAD nominee) and the winner of a LAMI (La Mama Playwriting Award).

$20

Performances

SAT: 2:00 pm, 7:00 pm
SUN: 2:00 pm, 7:00 pm

Approx. Run Time

60 minutes

Location

Dorothea Laub Dance Center (2650 Truxtun Rd #207), Dance & Music Studios

ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station – MAP

Indoors

Masks, plus proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID PCR test required to attend. Seating provided.

Patron Notes

This is a ticketless event. Use your printed email confirmation for entry.