BLACK DO CRACK: Holding Up Florinda
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As some of you know, due to a family health situation, the latest production of Florinda Bryant’s show BLACK DO CRACK had to be cancelled just before opening. Not only did Austin miss another chance to see this beautiful, vital piece of theatre, but without ticket sales, the production could not pay for itself leaving Flo in the hole.
Written and performed by Austinite Florinda Bryant, Black Do Crack is a call to the struggles of everyday women and a spotlight on the impact of those struggles on their health.
“In giving voice and presence to these cruelties crushing African-American women, black do crack is powerful enough. But the situation it addresses that makes it still more potent – and vital, to borrow a term from an audience member at the performance I saw – is black women believing that they must shoulder their burdens alone, without aid, and that doing otherwise is to be weak or, worse, mentally unsound. "I'm not crazy," Bryant insists to an unseen therapist when her character seeks counseling, and the defensiveness in her voice is heartbreaking. Of course, she isn't – but that's the message that's been hammered home inside the culture for as long as she's been alive: Black don't crack. With this work, Bryant aims to shatter that myth, to shout that it's time to reach out and find support and assistance.”
Robert Faires,
Austin Chronicle Arts Editor
So we're reaching out on Florinda’s behalf, to ask you to make a donation to help Florinda recoup the losses incurred from the cancelled production and the health event, and to help get the next production - scheduled for January 2020 at the Groundfloor - off the ground.
To encourage your generosity, we’ve put together some gift-packages for the January 2020 production. And a couple of extra special one-of-a-kind treasures.
$150- 2 General Admission Tickets to BLACK DO CRACK at the Groundfloor Theatre January 5-18, 2020 + 2 BLACK DO CRACK Buttons
$250- 2 General Admission Tickets to BLACK DO CRACK at the Groundfloor Theatre January 5-18, 2020 + 2 BLACK DO CRACK Buttons
$300 - 2 General Admission Tickets to BLACK DO CRACK at the Groundfloor Theatre January 5-18, 2020 + 1 BLACK DO CRACK T-shirt
$400 - 4 General Admission Tickets to BLACK DO CRACK at the Groundfloor Theatre January 5-18, 2020 + 2 BLACK DO CRACK T-shirts
$500 - 4 General Admission Tickets to BLACK DO CRACK at the Groundfloor Theatre January 5-18, 2020 + 1 BLACK DO CRACK Hat
$1000 - 8 General Admission Tickets to BLACK DO CRACK at the Groundfloor Theatre January 5-18, 2020 + 2 BLACK DO CRACK Hats
$1500 - 4 VIP Tickets to BLACK DO CRACK at the Groundfloor Theatre January 5-18, 2020 + Cocktail Hour before the show with the artists at a home nearby (dates TBA)
$3000 - 6 VIP Tickets to BLACK DO CRACK at the Groundfloor Theatre January 5-18, 2020 + Dinner with Flo and Matrex
ALSO:
$300 - Thirty-minute photo session + 2 photo edits by local photographer TIA BOYD
$300 - Original song by Oakland/Austin Artist QUEEN DEELAH
Of course, your gift - at any level - will be gratefully welcomed.
Written and performed by Austinite Florinda Bryant, Black Do Crack is a call to the struggles of everyday women and a spotlight on the impact of those struggles on their health.
“In giving voice and presence to these cruelties crushing African-American women, black do crack is powerful enough. But the situation it addresses that makes it still more potent – and vital, to borrow a term from an audience member at the performance I saw – is black women believing that they must shoulder their burdens alone, without aid, and that doing otherwise is to be weak or, worse, mentally unsound. "I'm not crazy," Bryant insists to an unseen therapist when her character seeks counseling, and the defensiveness in her voice is heartbreaking. Of course, she isn't – but that's the message that's been hammered home inside the culture for as long as she's been alive: Black don't crack. With this work, Bryant aims to shatter that myth, to shout that it's time to reach out and find support and assistance.”
Robert Faires,
Austin Chronicle Arts Editor
So we're reaching out on Florinda’s behalf, to ask you to make a donation to help Florinda recoup the losses incurred from the cancelled production and the health event, and to help get the next production - scheduled for January 2020 at the Groundfloor - off the ground.
To encourage your generosity, we’ve put together some gift-packages for the January 2020 production. And a couple of extra special one-of-a-kind treasures.
$150- 2 General Admission Tickets to BLACK DO CRACK at the Groundfloor Theatre January 5-18, 2020 + 2 BLACK DO CRACK Buttons
$250- 2 General Admission Tickets to BLACK DO CRACK at the Groundfloor Theatre January 5-18, 2020 + 2 BLACK DO CRACK Buttons
$300 - 2 General Admission Tickets to BLACK DO CRACK at the Groundfloor Theatre January 5-18, 2020 + 1 BLACK DO CRACK T-shirt
$400 - 4 General Admission Tickets to BLACK DO CRACK at the Groundfloor Theatre January 5-18, 2020 + 2 BLACK DO CRACK T-shirts
$500 - 4 General Admission Tickets to BLACK DO CRACK at the Groundfloor Theatre January 5-18, 2020 + 1 BLACK DO CRACK Hat
$1000 - 8 General Admission Tickets to BLACK DO CRACK at the Groundfloor Theatre January 5-18, 2020 + 2 BLACK DO CRACK Hats
$1500 - 4 VIP Tickets to BLACK DO CRACK at the Groundfloor Theatre January 5-18, 2020 + Cocktail Hour before the show with the artists at a home nearby (dates TBA)
$3000 - 6 VIP Tickets to BLACK DO CRACK at the Groundfloor Theatre January 5-18, 2020 + Dinner with Flo and Matrex
ALSO:
$300 - Thirty-minute photo session + 2 photo edits by local photographer TIA BOYD
$300 - Original song by Oakland/Austin Artist QUEEN DEELAH
Of course, your gift - at any level - will be gratefully welcomed.
Organizer
Sonnet Blanton
Organizer
Austin, TX