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Comedy on Colorism


​Skin color is a loaded signifier of identity and value. Though deeply tied to racism, colorism has its own histories, power structures, and consequences; and it deserves attention in its own right. Moreover, colorism is not a uniform concept across the globe. The dynamics of colorism are culturally (and temporally) specific and vary widely across and within cultures, ethnic groups, and racial categories. That is, the colorisms in Black communities in the U.S. are different than those in the Caribbean or Africa. The colorisms in East Asia manifest themselves in different ways than in Southeast Asia, in South Asia, in the Pacific Islands or in the multitudes of Asian and Pacific diasporas. The same can be said about Latinx, Chicanx, Afro-Latinx countries, communities, and diasporas. Also, we can't leave out how colorism has deep impacts on mixed raced struggles, identities and politics.

​Colorism affects our daily lives – how we groom ourselves, our relationship with the sun, what we buy, how we vote, and how we perceive each other. It is such an everyday, insidious oppression that has utterly absurd day-to-day effects. Simply put, it's ripe for comedy.
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As people of color, we are regularly told to "lighten up" when we speak up about the racism we experience and witness. We are expected to "whiten up" our experience of racist humor, to "learn how to take a joke." We are reclaiming the phrase "lighten up," writing our own stories, telling our own jokes on our own terms, redefining dark humor, and challenging the claim that lighter is better. 

Tickets

Pigott Theater  |  Stanford University
Show 8:00  |  Doors 7:30
Accessibility Info  |  TAPSinformation@stanford.edu
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Peacock Rebellion
Lighten Up: Comedy on Colorism
Performed by Stanford artists
Wednesday, May 29
Lighten Up Tickets $5
Lighten Up: Comedy on Colorism
Performed by Stanford artists​
Thursday, May 30
ASL Interpreters available this show
​Lighten Up Tickets $5
Brouhaha: QTPOC Standup Comedy
Performed by Peacock Rebellion
Friday, May 31
​Brouhaha Tickets $5
Lighten Up Tickets - Festival Package
Lighten Up and Brouhaha
Go to both shows! For $8, get 2 tickets:
1 ticket to either Wed or Thu
​and 1 ticket to Fri!
Festival Pass $8

Producers

JUST ART: Stanford Artist/Activist Collective
Stanford Theater and Performance Studies

Collaborators

Asian American Theater Project (AATP)
BLACKstage
Latinx in Theater (LiT)

Guest Artists

Peacock Rebellion
JUST ART: Stanford Artist/Activist Collective logo
Stanford University Dept of Theater & Performance Studies
Asian American Theater Project (AATP) logo
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More about

Peacock Rebellion

Peacock Rebellion is an SF Bay Area-based, queer + trans people of color crew of artist-activist-healers. They make sassy sexy art to help build a culture of social justice, with an emphasis on healing justice.
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Lexi Adsit
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Cassandra Falby
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Devi Peacock
Peacock Rebellion QTPOC activists, community organizers, and the cutie down the block as cultural organizers for collective liberation. Their services and programs are vast, including:
  • Brouhaha: Trans Women of Color Comedy Storytelling - a comedy-based storytelling workshop series and show that gets a long-overdue mic to trans women of color activists and mic checks the rest of us. 
  • Brouhaha: QTPOC Stand-Up Comedy - a stand-up comedy workshop series and show that’s building a corps of activist-comedians who get positive, life-affirming social justice messages to people who aren’t already at the march or rally. 
  • STAY: An Oakland QTPOC Resilience Festival - trainings on dance, theater, DJing, meditation, herbal medicine, building community-based safety teams, radical mental health, and more, all for social justice.
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For more info on Peacock Rebellion's revolutionary art-making and community organizing, see: ​peacockrebellion.org

Venue

PIGOTT THEATER
(inside Memorial Auditorium building)
551 Serra Mall, Stanford ​
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ACCESSIBILITY
​We welcome people requiring accessible seating to email us at TAPSinformation@stanford.edu. We are happy to assist with arrangements.
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