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Exists as a show, oracle deck, performance/novel, performance, sung children's book, and artistic mentorship towards homeownership. The performance celebrates the different embodiments of gender through the journey of three characters alongside
Yoburba deities Oya, Osun, and Yemaya. The show
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Pillsbury House + Theater in Minneapolis, MN, on May 30, 2018, and ran through June 17, 2018. The performance was written by Sharon Bridgforth, directed by Ebony Noelle Golden, with dramaturgy by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, and vocal composition by Mankwe Ndosi.
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Mermaid Man Lady" is an oracle deck. The deck consists of characters from the performance/novel and features artwork by Yasmin Hernandez. The oracle deck is a working deck that Bridgforth used for a series of weekly readings.
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uses traditional storytelling and nontraditional verse to chronicle the course of love returning in the lifetimes of one woman-loving-woman named bull-dog-jean.
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Project, produced by Omi Osun Joni L. Jones and the John L. Warfield Center for
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during the 2009 Solo/Black/Woman performance series. Since 2009, Bridgforth has been resident playwright at New
Dramatists, New York. Her work
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was nominated for an Osborn Award (sponsored by the American Theatre Critic's Association).
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for "Best Book by a Small Press" in 1998. The collection also received a nomination for a
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Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic: Art, Activism, Academia, and the Austin Project,
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of the root wy'mn theatre company. root wy'mn's touring roster included: the
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Chester, T. (2022). "Sharon Bridgforth". In Noriega and Schildcrout (ed.).
881:"Austin Live Theatre: Upcoming: delta dandi, Rollins Theatre, January 9–10"
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Multi-Arts Production Fund Award. Bridgforth was also the recipient of the
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for "Best Gay/Lesbian Book". Bridgforth was nominated for the 2002–2003
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edited by Scott Wiggerman and David Meischen. Dos Gatos Press,
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Spirited: Affirming the Soul and Black Gay Lesbian Identity,
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Check The Rhyme: An Anthology Of Female Poets & Emcees,
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commissioning program; the National Endowment for the Arts/
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department, Bridgforth presented a workshop production of
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edited by Osun Joni L. Jones, Lisa L. Moore, and herself.
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517:"Street/Angels & Clarity", anthologized in
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357:(St. Paul, MN) Playwriting Fellowship and 2001
969:"Sharon Bridgforth Theatrical Jazz Institute"
246:In 2022, Bridgforth was featured in the book
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450:Wingbeats: Exercises and Practice in Poetry,
1475:21st-century African-American women writers
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857:. freedom train productions. Archived from
749:. Womenarts.org. 2009-06-01. Archived from
971:. Chicago Artists Resource. Archived from
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569:excerpt from "con flama", anthologized in
559:Love Conjure/Blues, Redbone Press (2004),
507:Other Countries and RedBone Press (2006),
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547:Red Light Superheroes, Saints, and Sluts,
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491:First Person Queer: Who We Are (So Far),
1336:"Black lesbian author receives award".
805:"Artist and Activist Sharon Bridgforth"
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424:Northwestern University Press (2013),
410:Northwestern University Press (2016),
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775:"Sharon Bridgforth Flame - Fall 2006"
477:A Students' Treasury of Texas Poetry,
302:was also published by RedBone Press.
232:, was presented in the 2010 New York
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1355:Sharon Bridgforth's Official Website
1186:"11th Annual Lambda Literary Awards"
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941:Sierra, Gabrielle (July 19, 2010).
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1255:. Alpertawards.org. Archived from
1165:"Sharon Bridgforth and Luz Guerra"
1144:City of Lakes Community Land Trust
995:50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre
571:New Monologues For Women By Women,
448:Writing exercises are featured in
248:50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre
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883:. Austinlivetheatre.blogspot.com
1253:"2008 Alpert Award in the Arts"
1232:"Past Winners - Greater Austin"
1209:. Womenarts.org. Archived from
1188:. Lambda Literary. 15 July 1999
420:"delta dandi", anthologized in
380:Performing Arts Award in 2016.
366:National Endowment for the Arts
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915:(1). Fall 2009. Archived from
545:"Doña Julia", anthologized in
325:Awards, residences, and grants
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997:. Routledge. pp. 30–34.
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648:"that beat" anthologized in
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260:Published by RedBone Press,
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855:"freedom train productions"
832:. E-tap.org. Archived from
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493:Arsenal Pulp Press (2007),
215:Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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211:Northwestern University
163:La Peña Cultural Center
129:Bridgforth was born in
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1207:"June 2005 Interviews"
879:Michael (2008-11-27).
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374:Rockefeller Foundation
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401:Selected publications
343:Lambda Literary Prize
339:Lambda Literary Prize
335:The bull-jean stories
262:the bull-jean stories
255:the bull-jean stories
159:The Theater Offensive
52:Writer/theatre artist
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1288:on December 31, 2016
1040:"love conjure/blues"
830:"The Austin Project"
785:on December 23, 2010
718:dyke/warrior-Prayers
167:Berkeley, California
131:Cook County Hospital
121:working in theater.
747:"Sharon Bridgforth"
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222:performance studies
218:artist-in-residence
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