5BMF is thrilled to present the World Premiere and Queens Premiere of our brand new Five Borough Songbook, Volume II this February! Commissioned in honor of our 10th Anniversary season in 2016-2017, the Songbook is a thrilling musical journey across NYC: an exploration of the city’s rich artistic and cultural legacy and a celebration of its most manifold musical talent. (more…)

Sparkling Special for Black History Month! Get a taste of Afro-Caribbean, Afro-European and AfroAmerican dance, poetry and music art. Curated by laYla Zami & Oxana Chi It’s Black History Month, it’s time to tell our stories and it’s time to celebrate Black Women* Art with everybody! Come and sit at the crossroads between Afro-Caribbean, Afro-European (more…)

By Charly Evon Simpson Directed by Colette Robert Featuring: Cristina Pitter, Monica Jones, Starr Kirkland, Akyiaa Wilson, Erin Roche, Jehan O. Young Hottentotted is a play that yarns together imagined moments in the life of Saartjie “Sarah” Baartman, the Hottentott Venus, with the lives and experiences of black American women learned through interviews and conversations (more…)

By Charly Evon Simpson Directed by Colette Robert Featuring: Cristina Pitter, Monica Jones, Starr Kirkland, Akyiaa Wilson, Erin Roche, Jehan O. Young Hottentotted is a play that yarns together imagined moments in the life of Saartjie “Sarah” Baartman, the Hottentott Venus, with the lives and experiences of black American women learned through interviews and conversations (more…)

By Charly Evon Simpson Directed by Colette Robert Featuring: Cristina Pitter, Monica Jones, Starr Kirkland, Akyiaa Wilson, Erin Roche, Jehan O. Young Hottentotted is a play that yarns together imagined moments in the life of Saartjie “Sarah” Baartman, the Hottentott Venus, with the lives and experiences of black American women learned through interviews and conversations (more…)