Blood work
Blood Work take us on a journey with twelve generations of women converging in this epic journey across time and space in the name of deep healing. As 34-year-old Nyanda wrestles with a mysterious disease, her entire mother line emerges from the past to save her (and in turn, save themselves). Armed with the desire to be whole but at a loss for how to get there, ancestors and descendants struggle to shoulder the weight of wellness. Bold and gripping, Blood Work asks, “if trauma can be passed down, what happens when we pass liberation down too?”
ABOUT
June 26 – 30, 2024
Playwright
Kristen Adele Calhoun
Director
Tiffany Nichole Greene
Location
Chelsea Factory
547 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10001
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Twelve generations of women converge across time and space in the name of deep healing.
Leading Artist
Kristen Adele Calhoun
Playwright
She is a writer for HBO’s adaptation of Toni Morrison’s SULA created and helmed by showrunner, Shannon M. Houston. Kristen is also on the writing team for BLKNWS directed by Kahlil Joseph, produced by A24 and Participant. She is an I AM SOUL Playwriting Resident at Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre, the founding Program Director of ArtChangeUS, an Assistant Editor of Contemporary Plays by Women of Color and a co-producer of InterFest, an intersectional arts and ideas festival that began at the Harlem School of the Arts.
Kristen is the co-curator of BLKSPACE along with InterFest co-producer, Nikki Vera. Time at BLKSPACE is granted to Black artists whose work forwards Black liberation. BLKSPACE seeks to simultaneously provide an expansive dreaming space for the individual and a collective practice ground for freedom.
Partner
Chelsea Factory exists to provide responsive partnership to NYC-based artists from historically excluded communities. Launched as a pop-up initiative in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Chelsea Factory has quickly become an essential resource for artists across all creative disciplines. We provide a range of support customized to our partners, including subsidized rehearsal and performance space, production support and mentorship, and free community programming. In today’s rapidly changing world, we are committed to invigorating an inclusive and sustainable arts sector that long outlasts Chelsea Factory’s physical infrastructure. To learn more, visit chelseafactory.org.