WOW Cafe Theatre: 31 Years!

Recent Shows WOW has no Artistic Director nor any centralized control over the works that appear, and Producers have complete artistic liberty to produce anything they desire. The tradition here is that women and/or transpeople provide the central creative impetus behind a show at WOW. These are just a few of our recent productions, giving a glimpse of the variety of performances and events at WOW.
Coming Out Muslim: Radical Acts of Love October 20 - 22, 2011 3 evenings of multi-genre performance sharing the voices, stories, and experiences of the intersection between queerness and Islam.
escape July 28, 2010 a reading/ an experiment exploring questions about life, power, love and sweetness in the Sudan.
Black Girl Ugly 2010 June 10 - 26, 2010 Chiquita Brooks, Courtney Dowe & Li’l T created the third installment of Black Girl Ugly with originator Ashley Brockington.
The Pearl Festival May 1 - 30, 2010 May, 2010, a month long celebration to commemorate WOW's 30th Birthday!
Among Roses and the Ash January 27 - 31, 2010 Inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf; movement, sound and image explore the work of a literary artist.
Black Girl Ugly June 11 - June 27, 2009 Ashley Brockington, Lee Avant & Nicole Cain take you into the collective subconscious of Black Girls trying to hold fast to their love of self.
Tragic Magic May 31, 2009 Silas Howard, Glenn Marla, and Heather M. Ăcs traverse a multi-media world of string theory, face masturbation, Hollywood & loopholes in the American dream.
The Flavor Dolls April 11, 2009 FLAVORUTION! A tribute to Nate Williams, passed performer of the Voices of Youth show of 2008.
tops and testimonies: well-made things Dec 12 - 13, 2008 Two nights of words and image, with film by Jennie Livingston and readings by Katherine Pradt, Rachel Stolzman, Nelly Reifler, Joan Larkin.
Boston Marriage March 22 - April 19, 2008 The 20% Theater Company's production of David Mamet's wickedly funny Victorian comedy of errors.
Schadenfreude! The Asshole Differential Principle Explained Feb 28 - March 15, 2008 Video, vaudeville, circus punk, Brechtian alienation, Chekhov, and much more to explore sex, violence, and power in the context of a tough prison drama.
La Huella de la Espuma (The Trace of Foam) November 1 & 3, 2007 Nationally acclaimed Argentine butoh dancer and teacher Rhea Volij, a fierce performer of unerring skill and precision, makes her US debut.
On The Verge May 17-19, 24-26, 31, June 2, 7, and 8, 2007 The story of three intrepid Victorian lady explorers venturing forth into Terra Incognita, only to find that Terra Incognita is pushing them through time as well as space.
TRANS/ART Thurs - Sat, Mar 8 - 24, 2007 A festival featuring Ignacio Rivera's one person show, Dancer, trans workshops and cabarets, including Liquid Xun Kiwi Grady Kati Tikkun Victor Tobar Debanuj Glenn Marla Sir Real Kiwi Grady Holiday Simmons Dulani Sukato Mercury Mad Switch n Play Imani Henry.
Crosswalk: New Dances Thurs - Sat Feb 15 - 24, 2007 In CROSSWALK, downtown choreographers Jen Abrams and Kristin ONeal grapple with issues of character, place, and time in two new works.
Other People Thurs Feb 1 & Sat Feb 3, Thurs - Sat Feb 8-10, 2007 Flying Carob Tree Productions presents a dark comedy loosely based on Sartre's seminal existential one act No Exit, by Joyce Wu, an emerging young playwright.
Two: Duets Thurs - Sat, Jan 25 -27, 2007 What happens when two energies collide on stage? In "Two", Helen Styring Tocci and Nicki Marshall chose five pairs of artists to join them in exploring intimacy through the duet form.
Could you spare some Social Change, please? Fri - Sat, Jan 19 - 20, 2007 A One Woman Show that breaks away from the traditional format. Written and Performed by Deirdre Boddie-Henderson Directed by A. Benard Cummings
Rhamnousia Thurs - Sat, December 7 - 9, 2006 Performing their original work, Deirdre Boddie-Henderson, Chris Ford, Bina Sharif, and Tara Thierry bring years of experience to their crafts, offering the lover of womens theater a smorgasbord of soul food goodness.
The Idiot King Thurs - Sat, Oct 26 - Nov 18, 2006 An Absurd Parody of Our Bloody Times Written and directed by Susana Cook Everything you always wanted to know about the sanctity of marriage and how it leads up to war!
Everything is Hungry Thurs - Sat, October 5 - 15, 2006 Delve deep into the murky territory of female desire and its many distortions... hungers that become sexualized, demonized and exoticized in the female sexual body.
WOW's 25th Birthday Celebration Monday, June 19, 2006 Luminaries from the past and present of WOW celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a gathering and an evening of performance at Theater for the New City.
2006 Bloom Festival Thurs - Sat, Apr 27 - May 26, 2006 WOW CAFE THEATER CELEBRATES 300 YEARS OF WOMEN AND TRANS THEATER... WELL, MAYBE NOT 300 YEARS.....but 25 years is a long time to be the only theater collective of its kind in this country.
2006 Bloom Festival: Barbarian Burlesque May 20, 2006 The Barbarians are the radical queer burlesque troupe; they strip, they tease and don't get too close they might even bite!
Ms. Sophie Divine Presents Thurs - Sat, March 30 - April 1, 2006 In a play by Andrea Davis, Ms. Sophie Divine takes a young gay African American man named Damien on a journey that confronts the bigotry of the church.
Moving at the Speed of Sound an evening of dance and live sound Thurs - Sat, March 23 - 25, 2006 From post-modern, African, and tap dance forms to live singing, text, percussion, and musical instrumentation... these women have found the place where movement and sound meet.
Asunder Thurs-Sat, March 9-11 and 16-18, 2006 New dance and performance by Jen Abrams, Clarinda Mac Low, and Tara O'Con
Passing Thurs - Sun February 16-19 and 23-25, 2006 An investigative dance-theatre work conceived and directed by Nana Dakin that examines how people of mixed race or ethnicity form their identities.
Too Late for the Gods,Too Early for Being Thurs - Sat, October 13 - 15th, 2005 ...existential philosophy in dialogue with rhythmic tap, created and performed by Chris Ford and Joliange Wright.
Slither Fri, May 13, 2005 A Hauntingly Erotic Cabaret to Benefit WOW Cafe Theater at the Starlight bar/lounge.
Proofs: New Works in Progress Thurs - Sat, January 13th - 21st, 2005 2 weekends of innovative new works by ten artists presenting film, dance, theatre and performance poetry.
Ballin With My Bois Thu - Sat, September 30 - October 9th, 2004 A piece of hip-hop theater on 5 butch, boi, and trans people who play ball together, and the femme women for whom they fall. Written and directed by DLo.
we are petit neanderthals Thu - Sat, September 9 - 18th, 2004 Why search for meaning when you can just sit back and wait for meaning to search for you? The Midwest Amalgamated Performance Corp presents a new play written and directed by Melissa Shimkovitz.
Griot Thu - Sat, June 10 - 22th, 2004 Storytelling, spitting, spinning and deconstructing - (g)riot, a festival of work by people of color exploring identities, neighborhoods, politics and histories.
WOW Moves Dance Festival: Thurs - Sat, Jan 15 - March 6, 2004 Eight weeks of original movement works ranging in theme from classic burlesque to trauma and trance
WOW Moves Dance Festival: SLAIN Thurs - Sat, Feb 19-28, March 4-6, 2004 Delving into the Christian Churchs legacy of the repression of female sexuality, sexual deviancy, and reactions to trauma- examining the public intimacy afforded women who lose consciousness in charismatic worship.
WOW Moves Dance Festival: Brrrlesque Thurs - Sat, Jan 15 - 17, 2004 An exhilarating night in a 1920s burlesque theatre, full of prohibition-era bawdiness, gaga girls hoofin' it in their girdles, and sexy mamas of all varieties and orientations.
Love, Sex, and Dating Deez Dayz Fri - Sun, December 26 - 28 , 2003, and Thurs - Sat, January 1 - 3, 2004 How to get one, get rid of one and what the government is doing in your bedroom - from aleada minton/daddi.