This 15th and final celebration, curated by Eleanor Savage, features new work by legendary queer performers. Superstar femme diva Lois Weaver dons her vivacious performance persona, Tammy WhyNot, as Mistress of Ceremonies for the evening. Peggy Shaw and Vivien Stoll, reprising their iconic and freewheeling To My Chagrin, move through aggressive, nostalgic, and tender idealism in a call-and-response work mixing R&B, soul, pop music, and lyrical storytelling. Sonja Perryman, together with special guests Aimee Bryant and Sonja Parks, brings to life the acclaimed performance novel by Sharon Bridgforth, love conjure/blues. A polyrhythmic paean to juke-joint sinners and carnal lust, the artists call on the spirits of jazz and blues to reimagine the possibilities of gender expression and love. Dance duo HIJACK teams up with Karyn & Sharyn and a cast of thousands for a madcap voyage into wedding bell hell! The Saturday performance is ASL-interpreted.
