The Exponential Festival and The Brick present: “Sapphire”

Name: The Exponential Festival and The Brick present: “Sapphire”
Start: 2025-01-16T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-16T21:30:00-05:00
Location: Brick Theater

January 15 - January 18

$25 – $50

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The Exponential Festival and The Brick present
Sapphire
by Ella Lee Davidson
at The Brick Theater — 579 Metropolitan Ave
January 15-18, 2025
Running Time: 90 Minutes

Self-identified real-ass bitch and Angry Black Woman, Peola is unlucky in love and constantly asking herself the age-old question: “When is it my turn to be happy?” After a near-death experience, she decides to make a change in her life and undergoes an experimental surgical procedure to get a BBI (Be Better Implant). Peola finally has a chance at happiness and embracing her divine feminine, as well as finding a man, but the implant and its creator are not without complications and not as perfect as they seem. Sapphire is a surreal afro-futurist satire about the stereotypes we give ourselves and others, the idea of perfection and the ideal woman, and the concept of change.

Written by Ella Lee Davidson
Directed by Jordan Powell
Produced by Paul William Levine
Stage managed by Qu’Raun Scott-McKoy
Set and projections by Leon Caleb Christian and Kai Hartman
Costume design by Jason Goodwin

Sound and original music by Camelia Muniz Torres

Lighting by Iman Louis-Jeune

Starring Scenarious Thurmond, Anike Sonuga, Doyin Ajijola, Jordan Jackson, and Enette Fremont

Social media content created by Chloe “Lulu” Mutebi

Find them: @sapphiretheplay @smelladavidson

Sapphire was originally developed with Fresh Ground Pepper.

Content warnings: This show contains depictions of physical and domestic violence.

THE EXPONENTIAL FESTIVAL
JANUARY’S BROOKLYN-BASED THEATRE FESTIVAL
~ A pleasure, a mess, a thrill, and a dream. ~

Exponential is a month-long January festival dedicated to New York City-based emerging artists working in experimental performance. The participants in this multi-artist, multi-venue festival are committed to ecstatic creativity in the face of commercialism. Exponential is driven by inclusiveness and a diversity of artists, forms, and ideas coupled with utopian resource-sharing, mentoring and the championing of risky, rigorous work in eclectic fields. theexponentialfestival.org

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A Note on Health and Safety: The Brick is a mask optional space while remaining committed to the health of all our patrons, artists, and staff. In consideration of the health and safety of others, The Brick strongly suggests that audience members remain masked during the performance. If you need a mask, we have some available at the box office free of charge. If you are feeling ill or have recently been exposed to a virus or other contagion such as COVID-19, please stay at home out of respect for the performers and the other patrons. In the event you cannot make it due to illness or exposure, contact the box office for a refund at boxoffice@bricktheater.com.

A Note on Accessibility: The Brick Theater is conveniently located off the Lorimer stop on the L train. That stop has an elevator from the street to the platform. Our theater has a driveway leading up to the door, which means you can access it directly from the street without having to go over a curb. Our front door is ADA compliant. There is a small ramp with an ADA compliant grade that leads up to the box office window and further on to the house. We are happy to reserve accessible seats for folks who need them. If you’d like to do so, or if you would like to ask further questions in advance of being in the space, or if you would like to enter in advance of our house opening (due to our seating not being assigned), please email: cameron@bricktheater.com.

Questions about Content? Posted just to the right of the box office at the Brick box, we have a detailed content warning sheet for each production. You can check this list if you so choose. We also will have clearly posted signs where you check in for any productions that use loud sounds, flashing lights, fog, or similar.