Downtown Urban Arts Festival | |
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Genre | Arts festival |
Dates | Spring (exact dates vary each year) |
Location(s) | New York City |
Country | United States |
Years active | 2002–present |
Founded | 2001 |
Website | |
duafnyc.com |
Downtown Urban Arts Festival, or DUAF, formerly known as Downtown Urban Theater Festival, is an annual multi-disciplinary arts event held during the spring featuring theater, film, music and poetry at various venues in downtown Manhattan, New York City. It was inaugurated in 2002 as the Downtown Urban Theater Festival at the Here Arts Center in SoHo, New York City. In 2002, the festival was listed as one of the world's best festivals for new works. The festival is produced by Creative Ammo Inc., a nonprofit organization.
Plays:
Cabico and Cho Show by Regie Cabico and Aileen Cho
Monk by Laurence Holder
The Revival – Church of the Living Womb by Liza Jessie Peterson and Tish Benson
Louise Escapes Her Life by Jane Lippman
Urban Creed by Mayda del Valle
Just Me by Helena D. Lewis
The Priestess and The Patriot by Liza Jessie Peterson
Plays:
Alphaphobia by Jessica Care Moore
At A Time Like This by Herb Donaldson
Blue Candy in the Twilight of Alchemy by Carl Hancock Rux
Culture Bandit by Vanessa Hidary
Destiny Manifested by James Gillard (Best Audience Award)
I Didn´t Cry by Sergia Perez
In the Last Car by Mums
Other Aspects by Reg E. Gaines (Best Play Award)
Sadico by Aileen Reyes
The Peculiar Patriot by Lisa Jessie Peterson
Untitled and Unfinished by Yolanda Wilkinson
Plays:
6 Hits by Claudia Alick (Best Audience Award)
A Glass of Water by Bob Ost
A Latina Prepares by Desi Moreno-Penson (Best Short Award)
Hypno Astro n Matter by Kin Tommy Chan
Los Duendes by Mario Bosquez
Orenthal by Maarten van Hinte
Skinimin 12 by Jennifer Cendana Armas
Straight Out by Regio Cabico
The Northern Kingdom by Nancy Fales Garrett (Best Play Award)
Torched by Jeffrey Colt
Urban Creed by Mayda del Valle (Best Audience Award)
Working Things Out by Mwalim
Plays:
3 To A Session: A Monster's Tale by Desi Moreno-Penson (Best Play Award)
Pendemonium by James Gillard
B4T: before testosterone by Imani Henry
Come Back to Me by Jesse Cameron Alick
Cross Lines: A Black Woman's Perspective by Ebony Washington and Patricia Belizario