AYOMA! by Morriah Aleese Young
Friday, April 27th at 7pm
CHI Movement Art Center
1316 S 9th St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19147
Community Education Center (CEC)
3500 Lancaster Avenue
Directed by Christina May
What's the ultimate revenge you can get on a catcaller?.... After continuous instances of street harassment, four friends come together to reclaim their power. Ayoma creates a world where street harassers become the animals they are, and women are witchy warriors slaying those who seek to prey on them.
"On August 23rd, on my way home from work I found myself being cat-called while waiting for my trolley. When my trolley finally came, I boarded, sat down, pulled out my cell phone, and began writing a new play. A week later I had completed the first draft of Ayoma!"
- Morriah Young
Note: This play contains content and language involving cat-calling and street harassment that some may find triggering.
***This event is free. We will gladly accept donations at the door to help support our free programming***
Friday, April 27th at 7pm
CHI Movement Art Center
1316 S 9th St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19147
Community Education Center (CEC)
3500 Lancaster Avenue
Directed by Christina May
What's the ultimate revenge you can get on a catcaller?.... After continuous instances of street harassment, four friends come together to reclaim their power. Ayoma creates a world where street harassers become the animals they are, and women are witchy warriors slaying those who seek to prey on them.
"On August 23rd, on my way home from work I found myself being cat-called while waiting for my trolley. When my trolley finally came, I boarded, sat down, pulled out my cell phone, and began writing a new play. A week later I had completed the first draft of Ayoma!"
- Morriah Young
Note: This play contains content and language involving cat-calling and street harassment that some may find triggering.
***This event is free. We will gladly accept donations at the door to help support our free programming***
Support for Theatre in the X 2017 provided in part by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund. This program was supported in part by the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts program of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Support also provided by PECO. This program is administered regionally by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.This performance is part of the City of Philadelphia’s Performances in Public Spaces initiative managed by the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy.