Eisa Davis

🌺🌹for taurus season🌺🌹 a sweet dump of a happy birthday on Cinco de Mayo a dress up party at a museum the night before art @sanfordbiggers shows dancing fam friends @voguemagazine #AnnaWintour 💐 @naomielizee 💙 dress @erdem @erdem.moralioglu shoe @rogervivier hair @hairbycassy face @taralauren getting ready spot @lindapnyc 🪻 immaculate party vibes and love @kingofbingo 🌷

this is a hang. these creator-performers… who knew this vibe would be so delicious? tonight and tomorrow at BAM Fisher, 730p @misskayakulu ✨ @thestephaniepacheco 🎤 @aneesafolds 🪇 and @djreborn 🌺 discount code = WSP40

closing @actsanfrancisco but here we come NYC @vineyardtheatre with my girls and the chance to make some music

Diving into the musical world of ||: GIRLS :||: CHANCE :||: MUSIC :|| Playwright and composer Eisa Davis and director Pam MacKinnon discuss how they’re rising to the creative challenge of this new play with music. Performances begin May 12 at Vineyard Theatre. Tickets on sale today. Produced with American Conservatory Theater. Video shot by Jon Nazareth. #newplay #offbroadway #nyctheatre #music #jazz

Grab some popcorn. It's time for Intermission. Eisa Davis is guest curating and performing in Word. Sound. Power., and this year's lineup is stacked with femme performers as a celebration of women in hip hop. Join us for a showcase featuring amazing emcees, spoken-word artists, and special guest co-curator, co-host, and performer Eisa Davis, along with MC Baba Israel and the unparalleled DJ Reborn. This year’s celebration includes three versatile, gifted artists hailing from three boroughs closely associated with hip-hop: @aneesafolds representing Queens, @misskayakulu from right here in Brooklyn, and @thestephaniepacheco hailing from the Bronx. Wherever you’re from, come join us, let the music move you, and share in the powerful tradition of channeling hip-hop and poetry into an immediate, exhilarating message for the moment. 🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio. 🗓️ Apr 24 & 25 The Word. Sound. Power. Anthology highlights voices from our Word. Sound. Power. in the Classroom NYC school residency program, in which students work with BAM Teaching Artists to learn about poetry and craft their own. You can learn more at bam.org/education.

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Bay Area peoples listen to @terrilynecarrington drummer composer founder of the Berklee Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice and check out ||: GIRLS :||: CHANCE :||: MUSIC :|| a new play with 🎶🎵🥁🎹🎷 thru April 19 at ACT’s Strand Theatre 1127 Market St San Francisco CA link for tix in bio 💐🌺💐🌺

||: GIRLS :||: CHANCE :||: MUSIC :|| my new play with music is going on 💐some of the inspirations💐 🌹Bill Bell, one of the leaders of the Young Musicians Program 🌷Claude Debussy, who taught my piano teacher’s teacher 🪷Geri Allen, pianist nonpareil 🍀Esperanza Spalding, required @esperanzaspalding 🪸Craig Taborn @craigtaborn 🌺Terri Lyne Carrington, founder of the Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice at the Berklee College of Music @terrilynecarrington 🎹Hertz Hall at UC Berkeley, where I gave recitals as a child 🌻Pam MacKinnon, who commissioned and directs it, outgoing artistic director at @actsanfrancisco @pammac900 🐚Antonioni’s L’Avventura 🌞the glorious cast @naomilatta @sochillary @edwardjamesolmost @_yeenasung @shao_dynasty (not pictured) link to tix in bio. in SF through April 19 then we come to NYC @vineyardtheatre 🪺 we welcome you

this night making the music of Passing Strange with Stew and Heidi for my beloved @kingofbingo my dear dear @nicoleariparker the dynamo Mara Issacs and @patriciamcgregor @nytw79 💐 opened our hearts so wide into the real… “for if love knew what was good for it it would play at passing for song fill an empty house with harmony and play on after things go wrong days and opinions and all of fate’s minions tend to fade like the bang of a gong there’s a ballad to break any fall you see and a rhythm to still any row there’s a melody for every malady you’re listening to one right now art is made up but artificial it ain’t art is love and clay and words and paint play on, play on, play on, play on be the food of life and play on and play on and play on” celebrants @seekellymccreary @amberiman_ @branuran @rachel.chavkin @anaismitchell @tessamaethompson @ajanaomi_king @madamefaleshill @boriskodjoe @iamkennyleon @freedomebradley @nikriz @dwattswords @anikaaroundtheworld @amangreen @jharrisonghee @imaniuzuri @karaakter @misscortes André Holland 💃🏽 @maxosterweis @camille_lowry 📸 Adam Fontana, Nile Scott, Erica MacLean 💖 @deadreaziza @onerebeccajones @danielbreaker @chadgoodridge Annie Dorsen and all our PS fam ☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

went straight from our Warriors workshop (did that really happen? yes it really happened) back home to the Bay to write and compose a new play with these brilliant stars, helmed by the legendary Pam MacKinnon. we hit the stage at ACT in San Francisco March 12-April 19 then will see you in New York at the Vineyard Theatre. Girls Girls Chance Chance Music Music! 🎹🥁🪈🎵🎼

On the other side of 2 weeks in a room writing & rewriting for unbelievable actors and musicians at music stands. The journey home keeps getting deeper. Clap your hands if you’re ready to meet the Warriors…

Tune in to HowlRound TV on Monday, 19 January at 1pmET for the next conversation of TORCHES: 30+ Years of Downtown Performance as Kristin Marting sits down with multi-hyphenate theatre artist Eisa Davis. Learn more and watch on Monday at the link in our bio!