This event is in the past.It took place on March 22, 2026 at Brava Theater Center.




A queer Black man swallows grief, inherited silence, and the weight of being "the strong one" in this raw new play that moves between realism, ancestral memory, and poetic rupture. AeJay Antonis Marquis' blistering dialogue interrogates masculinity, faith, and what it costs to finally choose softness.
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Duck Gulps in Silence: A Staged Reading
Mission District




A queer Black man swallows grief, inherited silence, and the weight of being "the strong one" in this raw new play that moves between realism, ancestral memory, and poetic rupture. AeJay Antonis Marquis' blistering dialogue interrogates masculinity, faith, and what it costs to finally choose softness.
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