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Director/Theatremaker. An artistic ghost takes all the photos and I get the credit.

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EF 2027 ARTIST INTRO: Thalia Sablon⁠
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But I'm Carrie Bradshaw⁠
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at JACK⁠
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Kortney, Obaya, and Tianna are three Black women trying to survive dating in New York when Tianna’s messy situationship gets them banned from their favorite deli—and sends her spiraling. Kortney buys a bottle of white Woman Tears from the farmers market, the girls start using it a little too recklessly. Meanwhile, Claire, a real-life white woman—starts unraveling without her tears, and goes on a desperate search for them. Everyone’s forced to confront what happens when power shifts hands.⁠
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By Thalia Sablon⁠
Co-Produced by Ugly Face Theatre⁠
Starring Aja Downing as Kortney, Mya Ison as Obya.⁠
Directed by Taylor Reynolds ⁠
Image Designer: Sea Arredondo⁠
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Find them: @ugly_face_theatre @Thalilya ⁠
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CW: This show contains some foul and sexual language.⁠
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Runtime: 90 min⁠
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theexponentialfestival.org⁠
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Art by Mark Toneff. Designed by Ashely Pignataro.⁠
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#exponentialfestival #exponential #theexponentialfestival #takeroot⁠

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It’s been a tumultuous, nourishing, joyful season+ of life full of growing pains and big hugs. thanks for being there. (sorry once again I run out of tags!)

Gotland sheep, antique stores, milkshakes and disco fries, democratic socialists for Congress!!!, grand armadas, night managers, studio apartments, dog babysitting, peonies, kaaterskills, purple ukuleles, little theatre kids, hamlet(s)

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Bright White Light by Paul Conlon directed by Taylor Reynolds @treynold starring @tyrone_m_henderson @tleeandnem @donathanarnold Keith Randolph Smith @yvetteganier stage directions @chasingahdream

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Paul Conlon has a beautiful play in his hands. It was an honor to be amongst this company of actors in the hands of a gifted director. ❤️

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Reading number three. “Bright White Light” by Paul Conlon. Second time working on this play and when I tell you that it is a workout.

Directed by @treynold
Cast included
@yvetteganier
Tracey Conyer Lee
@donathanarnold
Keith Randolph Smith

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Really late on this, but missing these people and this play and the burgers and the smoothies and the burgers...but most of all, these beautiful peeps and their big open hearts. 🏎️💨

Jonah by Rachel Bonds
Studio Theatre ❤️🧸

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I'm playing catch up with my memories. If there were no reminders of the night, it would feel like I dreamt the whole thing up. This is all I have for now 🤸🏾‍♀️✨

MERRY WIVES - Outstanding Ensemble in a Play (Hayes)

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I just finished my first year of grad school!! Omg! Halfway to an MFA in playwriting🤓🤓😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫🤷🏾‍♀️ I wrote 3.5 new plays! I had 2 readings! I fell in love with the 4 incredible writers in my cohort! I am very grateful & very tired & very excited for summer🙏💐

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FIRST NAME HELEN LAST NAME HAYES

attending my first Helen Hayes ceremony as a nominee was already surreal. but WINNING THAT SAME NIGHT???

so so much love for big beautiful cast, it was an absolute pleasure each and every day creating and playing with you all.

to Taylor and Danica: thank you for this life changing opportunity, for believing in my craft and technique.

please hire local actors. please hire black actors. please hire actors of color. please hire actors of all genders/intersections. we all deserve to be seen on your stages.

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE YOU MERRY WIVES

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“I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do.” — Audre Lorde

Congratulations, Merry Wives! Such a joy performing with this cast 💞 Love y’all BIG

#helenhayesawards2026 @shakespeareindc

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The 🐋 came to life and it was triumphant — keep your eye on @killthewhale from @danielemondmusic and @tjwritesgood directed by @treynold!

With huge thanks to @orchard_project!

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✨️WE WON!✨️🏆👑🎊

STC's @shakespeareindc production of MERRY WIVES won OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY at the 2026 Helen Hayes Awards held in DC on May 18th 2026.‼️‼️‼️
Adapted by Jocelyn Bioh @jjbioh the production is an effervescent take on Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor, set in a West African Immigrant community in Harlem 🇳🇬 🇬🇭 As a cast, our electricity and chemistry is palpable onstage and off. What a moving acknowledgement of what we knew and know and value💥‼️💥‼️
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Here is the full speech delivered with out of breath ELATION and AGAINST THE CLOCK!🫢
Immense and joyous thanks to Theatre Washington for this honor. And massive respect to every one who brought Merry Wives to sparkling life! Simon Godwin and the entire Shakespeare Theatre Company. To our absolutely brilliant director Taylor Reynolds for your power thru kindness and clarity, and Danica for casting these beautiful people!
To our phenomenal crew— that beautiful set, dope hair, gorgeous wardrobe, because we looked damn good!—and to every audience member who came to see it all. To every assistant and associate. THANK YOU!
Jocelyn Bioh for masterfully adapting 400-year-old text to a West African immigrant context in Harlem. And to our singular, resplendent cast—we are bonded and deserving and we prove Black bodies express this work with vibrancy, hilarity, and LOVE!
Finally, let our production remind you: joy is vital to Black resilience. When we were told to labor, we sang. Told to cry, we chanted. Told to suffer, we danced. DO NOT leave joy out of our stories!
THANK YOU!
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#helenhayesawards #theatre #dctheatre #merrywives #jocelynbioh

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