AriDy Nox is a multi-disciplinary black femme storyteller and social activist with a variety of forward-thinking creative works under her/their belt including the historical reimagining of the life of Sally Hemmings BLACK GIRL IN PARIS (2020), the ancestral reckoning play A WALLESS CHURCH (2019), the afrofuturist ecopocalypse musical METROPOLIS (2019), and many others. AriDy creates out of the vehement belief that creating a future in which marginalized peoples are free requires a radical imagination. Their tales are offerings intended to function as small parts of an ancient, expansive, awe-inspiring tradition of world-shaping, created by and for black femmes. As a graduate of the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at Tisch School of the Performing Arts at NYU and a beneficiary of the Musical Theatre Factory Inaugural MAKERS cohort, the Emerging Writer’s Group at the Public Theatre, The Civilians’ Research and Development Group, Horizon Theatre’s Black Women Speak Cohort, and the Live and In Color June Bingham commission, they have been inordinately privileged to share the workings of her imagination among a vast array of inspiring and supportive artists of various radical backgrounds throughout the country.
The stage is a place where truly anything can happen, making it the perfect place for divine beings to get up to mischief. From Greek Gods to the Orisa, the use of deities onstage is not new. But it can be hard wrangle all-powerful entities into an intriguing plot or give them compelling character arcs without them falling flat. How can you ensure your Gods are both godlike AND interesting? This class is a step-by-step guide, that will explore the usage of deities in modern work and dig into the key elements of what makes their usage compelling.
AriDy Nox
The playwright
based inBrooklyn, NY
