ADAMS, MA—The Adams Theater is proud to present movement art and dance company Baye and Asa on Saturday, September 7, at 7:30 p.m. The company, directed by Amadi ‘Baye’ Washington and Sam ‘Asa’ Pratt, will perform two of its most thought-provoking and impactful pieces, “Suck it Up” and “Second Seed.”
“Suck it Up” is a duet confronting the violent fallout of male insecurity and entitlement; “Second Seed” responds to D.W. Griffith’s 1915 silent film The Birth of a Nation, based on Thomas Dixon’s novel The Clansman. It confronts the myth of Griffith’s “helpless white minority,” and the cult of white-victimhood’s enduring impact on American polity.
Tickets can be found here or can be purchased at the box office the day of the show (availability is limited).
Amadi and Sam are in Adams as part of a residency at the theater’s Incubator, which invites artists from the Berkshires and beyond to use our physical space to develop bold, original works that foster cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary collaborations.
Amadi and Sam will spend a week in residency at the Adams Theater working on a new commission before presenting work on September 7. The presentations will be followed by Q&A.
“We met when we were 6 years old. The physical aggression in our choreography is a symptom of our political rage, and a yearning to personally implicate ourselves,” they say. “We use our choreography to create political metaphors, interrogate systemic inequities, and contemporize ancient allegories; we build theatrical contexts that celebrate, implicate, and condemn the characters onstage.”
Reserve tickets at www.adamstheater.org/present. Adams Incubator residency programs are funded via Berkshire Taconic Foundation’s Arts Build Community Incubation Grants.
Membership and Season Passes
Adams Theater members get half-priced tickets to all shows from May to October, and season pass holders get complimentary tickets for themselves, plus half-price tickets for friends.
New this year, the theater is offering a Youth Membership option. For $50, those under 18 can get free admission to all shows from May to October, and can bring a friend to one show for free! Learn more about season passes here.
If you’re interested in complimentary community passes, please email info@adamstheater.org for more information.
Adams Theater Season 2024
Get tickets: www.adamstheater.org/present
Baye and Asa Saturday, September 7
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September 12-October 10
Stephanie Chou Quartet: Comfort Girl | A song-cycle / jazz opera
Saturday, September 14
Molly Hess & Ciarra Fragale | Love is a Crowded Room
Friday, September 27
Caitlin Peluffo Comedy
Saturday, September 28
DysFUNKrew and Berkshire Dance Theatre: Nightmare on Funk Street
Friday, October 4
Whiskey City
Saturday, October 5
Gypsy Layne
Friday, October 11
Two Piano Journey
Saturday, October 12
Don’t Suck – A Film Screening Presented by Berkshire Native Rick D’Elia
Sunday, October 13
The Broken Hearted – A Tribute to Tom Petty by EI Presents
Saturday, October 19
Skelly – A Film Screening with Local Writer and Director Matt Greene-DeLanghe
Sunday, October 20
About The Adams Theater
The Adams Theater’s mission is to create a long-lasting multi media arts institution that fosters community engagement through a diverse range of programming. Collaborating extensively with independent artists and other cultural organizations in the Berkshires, the Adams Theater celebrates creative partnerships and promotes cultural dialogues. Learn more at www.adamstheater.org.