The Breath Project
The 24 selected works are:
Black women are held to such a high standard, as pillars of strength, for being resilient, being Black Girl Magic, yet are so grossly disrespected. In creati...
The Ballad of Jacob Blake is a work that details theater artist Gabrielle Jackson's first moments after she saw the video of Jacob Blake speaking from his ho...
Who's streets? Our streets! What do we want? JUSTICE! When do we want it? NOW! If we don't get it? SHUT IT DOWN! For more information about this FREE event, ...
In the few weeks after George Floyd was asphyxiated by a Minneapolis police officer, Sean Paraventi, an actor and theater-company principal, approached Angel...
This piece was produced by Palo Alto Children's Theatre, in collaboration with The Breath Project. Written and directed by Gamal Abdel Chasten and performed ...
Supermoon, by Dani Danger, spoken word by Tyharra Cozier, and produced by We Are People Music, a group of Portland, OR based creatives and community activist...
Aldo Billingslea is Professor of Theatre at Santa Clara University. A member of Actor's Equity and SAG-AFTRA, he's appeared in numerous productions in the Ca...
This piece was commissioned by the Stanford Compression Forum, with support from Palo Alto Children's Theatre, and was co-directed by Stella Chen, Raken Esta...
An original Slam poem written and performed by James Brunt, filmed with support from Daniel Sharkey. Performed in an immersive style and filmed in three diff...
TBP Artistic Director Gamal Abdel Chasten wrote this piece for longtime friend and actor David Zayas. Best known for his role as Angel Batista on the Golden ...
Derek Snow has been active in the Cincinnati theatre community as an actor, writer and director for over 35 years. He recently had his latest short play, "Wi...
An Excerpt from VIEWS OF COLOR IN 8:46 Submitted by Henri Franklin
Additional submissions by
Mhir Agrawal / Gamal Chasten – “Say Hello Stewart”
Alumni Theater Company — “Perspectives”
Ananya Dance Theatre — “Just Breathe”
Giovanny Camarena — “Don’t Be Afraid”
The Char’Actors — “The Cycle”
Yetta Gottesman — “Oh, Maria”
David Guster — “Nice to Meet You”
Candice Handy — “Black Quarantine Date”
Harvey — “Breonna’s Prayer”
Playwright Collective of Puerto Rico – “inhala – exhala”
Josh Richardson — “Choosing Sides”
Jessica Gabrielle Thomas — “Glow | Eternal”
Bil Wright — “Pulse”