
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (2017, Encores! Off-Center)
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Kirsten Childs’ brilliant musical masterpiece 'The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin' received a thrilling, vocally staggering, and critically adored concert revival under the banner of City Center Encores! Off-Center in 2017. The episodic, rhythm-and-blues-infused narrative tracks Viveca, a bright, optimistic young Black girl growing up in the civil-rights era of 1960s Los Angeles who dreams of becoming a professional dancer, navigating institutional bias, systemic racism, and social stereotypes as she moves to New York. Directed by Robert O'Hara with explosive choreography by Byron Easley, the production starred Tony winner Nikki M. James.

