“Raw Fruit..... A truly divine piece of work...” – D. Marshall

Raw Fruit a collection of stories that reveal the essence of ancestral values which have been woven into the cultural fabric of Black folks’ lives. This work examines legacy, identity, socialization, unity, and friction inside the Black family dynamic. Raw Fruit is a celebration of New Orleans culture juxtaposed to the complexities of the African American experience in the south. From crawfish boils to secondlines, living room altars to junior daughters, and bread pudding to pecan pralines, these experiences, rituals and ancestral contributions have created a web of lineage connecting our present experiences with customs rooted in the past.

Raw Fruit is a multidisciplinary evening length work directed by Kesha McKey, featuring dancers: Catherine Caldwell, Ceylon Seiber, Chanice Holmes, and Jasmin Fancii. Original music and soundscape by free feral and Amara Skinner and poetry by Sunni Patterson; choreography by Kesha McKey in collaboration with dancers; film by Milan Daemgen and lighting design by John Alexander.

Join us early — at 7:00pm — on March 13 & 14 for an immersive pre-show experience and stay after the performance on Friday, March 14 for a post-show Q&A.

Tickets are $28 in advance (March 6 -13) with discount code FRUITSALE and $35 at the door.

Raw Fruit was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. General Operating support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Raw Fruit developed with support from the Urban Bush Women Choreographic Center Initiative funded by the Ford Foundation and the Urban Bush Women Choreographic Center Initiative 2.0 funded by the Mellon Foundation. Raw Fruit is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project co-commissioned by Junebug Productions in partnership with Ashé Cultural Arts Center, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance and NPN/VAN. The Creation & Development Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). For more information, visit www.npnweb.org.