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The Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 West 42Nd St, New York, NY 10036
Closed June 4, 2017
"A vivid, visually striking revival by the young director Lear deBessonet."
Newsday
Suzan-Lori Parks' devastating, Obie-winning re-imagining of the fateful journey to Europe by Sarah "Saartjie" Baartman heads to the Signature Theatre this April. Helmed by by Obie Award winning director Lear deBessonet (The Winter's Tale), the cast will star Randy Danson, Adam Green, Birgit Huppuch and Obie Award winner Zainab Jah. First performed in 1996, Parks' play remains a stalwart part of African-American theater, and an important part of racial history and dialogue on both sides of the Atlantic.
Lured to Europe from southern Africa with promises of fame and fortune for her unusual figure (steatopygia), Baartman found herself paraded naked around London's seedy 19th century freak show circuit, and renamed as the Hottentot Venus. With Europe's fascination with African people reaching fever pitch, she became a figure of curiosity and even moral outrage by slavery abolitionists.
Upon meeting with a controversial French scientist, the "Baron Docteur", she embarked on a relationship with him in Paris after he "purchased" her from the sideshow - whereupon he betrayed her trust. Giving her a venereal disease, he had her committed to prison until her death and dissected her body for further racial studies, in particular her genitalia and brain. Venus asks us to examine our own relationships with each other, and our own bodies through the lens of somebody who's independence was sold back into slavery.
Opening night: 25 April 2017
Suitable for ages 18+ due to mature content
You may be required to wear a mask during this performance. Please contact the venue directly for more information.
Hannah Cabell
John Ellison Conlee
Randy Danson
Adam Green
Birgit Huppuch
Zainab Jah
Kevin Mambo
Patrena Murray
Reynaldo Piniella
Julian Rozzell
Tony Torn
Scenic design by Matt Saunders
Costume design by Emilio Sosa
Lighting design by Justin Townsend
Sound design/composing by Brandon Wolcott
Choreography by Danny Mefford
Fight direction by Thomas Schall
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