The Ghost of Genevieve Baptiste

“She may be dead - but she's not gone - and she's not done”

Written by Robyn Brooks
Directed by Fernando Vieira

Staged Reading Presentation:
Thursday, June 6, 2024 – 8:00 PM

Language: English

Tickets:
General admission, one reading - $10
Two reading pass - $15
Cimientos full season pass (10 readings) - $50

Location:
IATI Theater Studio
64 E. 4th St 2 Fl
New York, NY, 10003

Hashtag: #Cimientos2024

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Synopsis

The Ghost of Genevieve Baptiste is a Southern Gothic tragicomedy, set in Obama-Era New Orleans. Told in eight scenes, in reversed chronological order, this tale weaves together black lesbian love, Hoodoo, the dark arts, mythology, colorism, cultural history, and the richness of the Diaspora. This full-length play explores the collision of race, gender, and fate upon the landscape of the sexualized Black female body. Claudette and Desiree Jarreau are happily married newlyweds until the mesmerizing Genevieve Baptiste, and then her ghost, decide to visit.

About the Playwright

Robyn Brooks, M.F.A., Creative Writing/Poetry, author of the poetry chapbook, venus in retrograde (Finishing Line Press, 2015), is a poet, playwright, and director. Brooks participated in the playwriting residency PlayGround, in residence at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, from 2007-2013. Her plays have been staged/read at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Tennessee Women's Theater Project, Theatre of Yugen, Theatre Rhinoceros, Los Angeles Women's Theater Project, and Potrero Stage. She has directed several of her own plays, as well as the works of other playwrights. A recent graduate from Goddard College, M.F.A., Creative Writing/Playwriting, she is a member of SF PlayGround’s Writers Pool 2023-2024. Brooks is a model in the internationally renowned Women En Large: Images of Fat Nudes, included in Martin Parr’s photo book collection, in the permanent collection at Tate Modern, London, UK.