Director

DIRTY WHITE TESLAS MAKE ME SAD is a new performance work written by A.M. (Ashley) Smiley about the regentrification of San Francisco and the displacement of Black folks from their neighborhoods. DWTMMS is a testimonial about people and their struggles with hope. The story unfolds over a few days in the life of Sloosh, our protagonist. We follow Sloosh - a young Queer AfroLatina from Bayview Hunters Point caught up in a transcendental rut. This project is one of the recipients of the prestigious Gerbode Foundation Theatre Commission Award.

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Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad

Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture

“I’ll kick yer ole door down! Lemme out! Lemme out!”

SUMP’N LIKE WINGS is the story of Wille Baker, a 16-year-old girl too proud and too wild for the life she’s stuck with. Her mother runs the dining room in the hotel her uncle owns. Willie works with her, squirming under her thumb, while her sympathetic uncle issues a warning:


“You cain't keep her in a place that's got a lid on it.
She's got sump'n inside of her like wings,
and she'll beat off the cover, and she’ll go away…”

Director

Raelle Myrick-Hodges

Events

Past events

Feb 28 - Mar 17, 2024

Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad · Magic Theatre

Feb 11 - Sep 21, 2024

Sump’n Like Wings · Theatre Row

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