This event is in the past.It took place on March 22, 2026 at Brava Theater Center.
Play
PlayMission District, San Francisco
🎭"the things we swallow, the things we survive, and the things we finally let ourselves feel"
🖼️In conversation with Romare Bearden paintings
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.
Bold Black theater
Staged reading
Queer storytelling
Intimate Mission venue
PlayPlayMission District, San Francisco
🎭"the things we swallow, the things we survive, and the things we finally let ourselves feel"
🖼️In conversation with Romare Bearden paintings
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.
Bold Black theater
Staged reading
Queer storytelling
Intimate Mission venue