Invited Dress: The “Homegoing”

THIS SHOW IS A “HOMEGOING”, WHICH I MEAN TO SAY: A RETURN TO WHERE I CAME FROM! IN LOVING CELEBRATION OF MY LATE FATHER, THE BOY I USED TO BE, EVERY QUEER PERSON WE’VE LOST TO AIDS-RELATED ILLNESS, AND BLACK REVOLUTIONARIES BOTH LIVING AND GONE HOME! UR INVITED! :-)

UR INVITED !!!

“HOMEGOING” as in: funeral
“FUNERAL” as in: ritual (pageant?)
“PAGEANT” as in: … exhibition ?!

Hmm.

“TO EXHIBIT” as in: to offer for inspection
BUT RATHER THAN INSPECTION, instead: ADORING WITNESS and also: JUBILANT RECEPTION.

THIS SHOW IS A “HOMEGOING”, WHICH I MEAN TO SAY: A RETURN TO WHERE I CAME FROM! IN LOVING CELEBRATION OF MY LATE FATHER, THE BOY I USED TO BE, EVERY QUEER PERSON WE’VE LOST TO AIDS-RELATED ILLNESS, AND BLACK REVOLUTIONARIES BOTH LIVING AND GONE HOME! STARRING MISS GENDER, AS YOUR “FUNERAL DIRECTOR” W/ GUEST APPEARANCES BY: “COLBY CALHOUN“ (c. 2013), “THE CLARK SISTERS” (PROBABLY), “SALLY FIELDS” (MAYBE!), “THE ENTIRE CAST OF 2005 FILM ADAPTATION OF RENT” (ALLEGEDLY), AND MORE !!!

UR INVITED !!!

(“DISCLAIMER”: INVITED DRESS is a performance practice of being seen and celebrated while being in progress/while (en)during transition and transformation. this is a “rehearsal”, this is an invitation to be (in between), this a self-published promise to self-determination.)

This show is for you if…

you like crying in public, movie musicals, or “church” as a concept of togetherness but not under the common umbrella of organized religion.