Dancer
Ian Armstrong
Renee Beaver
Barbi Broadus
Kathy Cashel
Kimberly Gilbert
Marcus Kyd
Erin Mitchell Nelson
Ricky Ramón
Taffety Punk exists to sustain an actively collaborative company of actors, dancers, and musicians who make theatre exciting, meaningful and affordable. We think of ourselves as a band, a theatre band if you will, in which acting, dance, and music are intricately linked. Focusing on our artists makes our work more vivid, deep, and meaningful to our audiences. Since 2004, these principles have guided us. Our ensemble grows together, challenging each other and complementing each other, while establishing a relationship with our community.
We are utterly committed to making theatre affordable. We have never charged more than $15 for a show. Take a chance with us and explore the vast human riches of theatre and dance and music.
Over the years, Taffety Punk has garnered numerous accolades and recognition for our work and, in fact, won the very first John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company at the Helen Hayes Awards. The Washington Post declared us “The most vital of the city’s small troupes.”
In addition to live on-stage content, Taffety Punk has released albums by our company members and their tangential bands, most notably the indie rock sensation Beauty Pill—the musical home for two Taffety Punk Company Members: composer Chad Clark and singer Erin Mitchell Nelson. Soon we will add audiobooks to our catalog, and a new book of new fiction and poetry by company member Teresa Spencer.
As Taffety Punk Theatre Company moves forward, we are excited to continue our legacy of excellence by making the greatest theatre for the lowest price.
We are the Resident Theatre Company at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop in Washington, DC. They, like us, believe that art is for everyone. They host all sorts of classes for Adults and Kids. They are so committed to getting art into everyone’s lives they have never turned a child away for inability to pay for a class. Check them out at CHAW.org.
In the works.... coming soon. In the meantime, there are great photos on our Flickr page.
The American theatre has a long history of racism and white supremacy. That sucks. Taffety Punk is inspired by the punk rock ethics of anti-authoritarianism, anti-consumerism, feminism, collective organization, and DIY producing. Anti-racism should always have been on that list. We will rebel against white supremacy in the theatre, in the country, and in ourselves by maintaining a company that reflects and supports the community we live in. Every decision we make, about the stories we tell, the artists we champion, our leadership, and our methods, will be guided by the question: “Is it radically inclusive?”
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