
BOWL E.P.
written and directed by Nazareth Hassan
co-produced by Vineyard Theatre and National Black Theatre
in association with The New Group
May 9, 2025
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Overview
A Poetic World Premiere
Kelly K Klarkson and Quentavius da Quitter need to find a name for their rap group. Through flirty interludes, cringy overshares, and practicing their ollies, they grow increasingly closer. Skating and Smoking. Skating and Drinking. Skating and exorcizing a demon. With live skating and original music, enter Bowl EP: a skateboard park, in the middle of a wasteland, at the edge of the galaxy.
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Cast

Felicia Curry
ActorRecently: Age of Innocence (Arena Stage), Sandra (TheatreWorks Hartford). Tony-nominated Broadway revival and national tour of Into the Woods. Off-Broadway AUDELCO nominations: Undine, Lynn Nottage’s Fabulation (Billie Holiday Theater); Queen’s Girl in the World (Abingdon Theatre Company). Helen Hayes Award winner for Lela & Co., an RTCC Award winner, a Berkshire Theatre Critics Award winner for Nina Simone: Four Women and a recipient of the Anderson Hopkins Award for Excellence in Theatre Arts. Artistic Associate at Ford’s Theatre, Resident Company Member at Factory 449 and Everyman Theatre, and the Emmy-nominated host of WETA Arts on WETA/PBS. @thefeliciacurry

Kalonjee Gallimore
ActorKALONJEE GALLIMORE is truly blessed to make his Vineyard Theatre debut in this beautiful black and queer ass company! He wants to thank Nazareth for their trust and leadership, VĂctor and Sujotta for their continued confidence, his fearless reps Judy, Jenna, and Brett for their tireless effort, Jonathan for his mentorship, and his love Nimene for her support. Dedicated to all the black boys still figuring out their freest self. BROADWAY: A Beautiful Noise; FILM: “Girls Getaway Gone Wrong 2;” REGIONAL: Alliance Theatre, Theatre Aspen, Argyle Theatre; Flat Rock Playhouse, Surflight Theatre; BFA: NYU Tisch @Kalon.jee GLORY TO GOD!

Oghenero Gbaje
ActorOghenero Gbaje (a.k.a Oghie) is an actor/musician born and based in Brooklyn, New York (you’ll catch him skateboarding down Flatbush Ave if you look hard enough). He found his love for acting in the 6th grade and later attended LaGuardia High School and Ithaca College. Also, Oghie has a deep love and passion for music. He’s an artist, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. If it has to do with music, he probably dabbles in it. Check out his album, “Lvl. 1 by Oghie,” streaming on all platforms. Oghie loves his community and is grateful for their unwavering support! @oghiemonster

Essence Lotus
ActorEssence Lotus is a Brooklyn born Pana, lover, warrior, and ancestors’ baby. They are still learning so much, and are grateful to be getting paid to play while the world is still on fire. This is their first Off-Broadway production since being in MCC’s soft by playwright Donja R. Love directed by Whitney White, and since graduating from Goldsmiths, University of London, and The University of Oxford in 2024. Essence is grateful to still be alive and learning, and their work primarily concerns the urgent liberation of those at the margins, and how softness, embodiment, relationship, community, ritual, and nature are our greatest tools for getting free. Through their work they ask us: how can we be beings who caress the Earth with our presence?
Creative Team

Nazareth Hassan
Playwright, DirectorNazareth Hassan (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist working in performance, writing, music, video, and photography. Recent performance works include Untitled (1-5) at The Shed (text published by 3 Hole Press), VANTABLACK at Theatretreffen Stuckemarkt in Berlin, #2112 at Center for Performance Research, and Memory A at Museo Universitario del Arte Contemporaneo in Mexico City. Their first collection of poetry and photography Slow Mania will be published in 2025 by Futurepoem. They have released 4 singles, available on all platforms. They were the 2022 resident dramaturg at The Royal Court Theatre. They are a 2023-25 Jerome Hill artist fellow, and the 2024-2025 Tow Foundation Artist in Residence at Vineyard Theatre.
Free Fool
musicAdam Rigg & Anton Volovsek
Scenic DesignDeShon Elem
Costume DesignKate McGee
Lighting DesignRyan Gamblin
Sound DesignZavier Taylor
Video & Projection DesignerTeniece Divya
Fight Choreography & Intimacy DirectionDaniel Brothers
Props SupervisorJudah Girvan
Rap ConsultantFaheem Allah
Skateboarding ConsultantPerformance Schedule
at this performance
Sunday, May 4 at 2:00 PM - Masks will be required at this performance
Thursday, May 8 at 7:00 PM - Black Theatre Night with Talkback
Friday, May 9 at 7:00 PM - Under 40 Night
Wednesday, May 14 at 7:00 PM - BIPOC Night
Tuesday, May 20 at 7:00 PM - LGBTQ+ Night
Saturday, May 24 at 2:00 PM - Opening Night
at this performance
Sunday, May 25 at 2:00 PM - Masks will be required at this performance
Thursday, May 29 at 7:00 PM - Post-Show Talkback
Sunday, June 1 at 2:00 PM - ASL Performance
Thursday, June 5 at 7:00 PM - Post-Show Talkback
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