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The Essentialisn’t
First Preview: Sep 10, 2025
Opening Date: Sep 12, 2025
Closing Date: Sep 28, 2025
Running Time: 01:20
Playing @
HERE
145 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013
Can you be Black and not perform? Incorporating art gallery aesthetics and an electronic soul score, Eisa Davis performs a piece about performance, exploring the cultural techniques that make musical expression a kind of imprisonment—or a transcendent liberation.
Show Notes: No intermission
Performance Schedule
TUESDAY-FRIDAY @ 8:30 PM
SATURDAY @ 4 PM & 8:30 PM
SUNDAY @ 4 PM
September 21 @ 8:30 PM only
Added performance September 28 @ 8:30 PM
Cast
- Eisa Davis
- Jamella Cross
- Princess Jacob
- Anire Kim Amoda
Written By
- Eisa Davis
TDF Tickets Offers:
TDF Member tickets:
Not currently available for this show
Listed at 
Never
Full-price tickets:
$10.00 - $120.00
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Accessibility
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Wheelchair Info
Removable seating. -
Seating
Mainstage seats 99 / Dorothy B. Williams Theatre Seats 74. -
Elevator/Escalator
There is an elevator that takes you to the lower level thatre. -
Curb Ramps
Yes -
Entrance
Houses two performance spaces - the 99-seat Mainstage and the 74-seat Dorothy B. Williams Theatre (down one flight of stairs); art galleries, and a café. The building entrance is street level -
Restroom
Located on both levels -
Water Fountain
There is a cafe -
Telephone
None -
Assisted Listening System
Some hearing aids. -
Visual Assistance
None -
Folding Armrests
None
