WHO WE ARE
EXILED TONGUES IS A NYC BASED THEATER COLLECTIVE THAT PROVIDES FINANCIAL, ARTISTIC AND COLLABORATIVE SUPPORT TO ARTISTS OF COLOR WHO CENTER DIASPORIC CONSCIOUSNESS. WE REALIZE THAT MAINSTREAM AMERICAN THEATER SUFFERS FROM A SEVERE LACK OF REPRESENTATION AND DESERVES SERIOUS DISCUSSION ON COLONIZATION AND THE LEGACY OF POST-COLONIALISM ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE AMERICAN CONTEXT. OUR PRODUCTIONS SHOWCASE THE COMPLEX STORIES OF BIPOC AND ACKNOWLEDGE INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITIES. WE USE OUR INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITIES AS A FORM OF THEATRICAL EMPOWERMENT AND SEEK TO MAKE CHANGE BEYOND THEATER AND INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.
THE TEAM
RAY JORDAN ACHAN
he/him
FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
DENA IGUSTI
they/he
MANAGING DIRECTOR & FOUNDING EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
ARLINE PIERRE-LOUIS
she/her
FOUNDING EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
2020/2021 SEASON
THE 2020/2021 SEASON is EXILED TONGUES' inaugural season! Our first production, CUT WOMAN written by Dena Igusti and directed by Ray Jordan Achan premiered at the Prelude NYC 2020 Festival. Our next production, "CON DOUGH: Stories of 1 in 5 Gentrified", written by Dena Igusti and Ray Jordan Achan will premiere virtually at the Center at West Park in February 2021. We are also developing "La Violecion of My PapiYon, written by Arline Pierre-Louis. EXILED TONGUES has also started an Artist-in-Residency program which will provide $200 unrestricted microgrants to emerging artists of color in NYC to articulate a new future for American theater. Find out more about our programs and how to sign up below!
CON DOUGH: STORIES OF 1 in 5 GENTRIFIED
WRITTEN BY: DENA IGUSTI & RAY JORDAN ACHAN
DIRECTED BY: RAY JORDAN ACHAN
PRODUCED BY: EXILED TONGUES AND SHORT LINE REVIEW
RESIDENCY AT CENTER AT WEST PARK; PREMIERING IN FEBRUARY 2021
ABOUT: CON DOUGH IS A DOCUMENTARY THEATER PIECE THAT CAPTURES THE VIOLENCE GENTRIFICATION HAS DONE TO LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ACROSS NEW YORK CITY.
See our Playbill posting here: https://bit.ly/39yqZwo
If you are interested in participating in this documentary piece, please email artistic@exiledtongues.com.
IN DEVELOPMENT
LA VIOLECION OF MY PAPIYON
WRITTEN BY: ARLINE PIERRE-LOUIS
Set in the beautiful town of Jacmel, Haiti during the late Reagan/Baby Doc Era, Gylda and Angie are powerful sistas attempting to balance their daily lives while navigating through the in-betweens of surreality and lucid dreams. Meanwhile, an Erzulie awakening is underway for the sistas with no time for patience. This play is infused with Caribbean music and dance and breathes life and hope in a world that denigrates black lives.
**This show was originally scheduled for July 2020 but the production was put on hold due to COVID-19.**
CUT WOMAN
WRITTEN/PRODUCED BY: DENA IGUSTI
DIRECTED BY: RAY JORDAN ACHAN
CO-PRODUCED BY: EXILED TONGUES
CW: Descriptions of Female Genital Mutilation
Female Genital Mutilation comprises all procedures involving the full or partial removal of the clitoris or other injury to assigned female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
https://www.endfgm.eu/female-genital-mutilation/what-is-fgm/
