FEATURING

Jennifer Whitcomb-Oliva
Effluvia

Phylicia Roybal
Altitude

Eboné Amos
piece/peace

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Three of Nashville’s most dynamic performance-makers share timely new short-form works seeking to honor where we’ve come from, savor the joy of the present moment, and cast a vision of the future.

Theater legend Jennifer Whitcomb-Oliva’s latest performance art creation, “Effluvia,” mixes original soundscape, spoken word, movement, and her unmistakable stage presence to highlight spiritual healing and self-love for Black women, even in a world that often discards them or reduces them to a stereotype. Acclaimed dance artist Phylicia Roybal mines her personal history and Spanish and Indigenous ancestry to explore the body as a sacred vessel for memory and expression in her fresh solo work, “Altitude.” Powerful choreographer Eboné Amos closes the program with a large group work, “piece/peace,” in which 10 dancers center Black joy and offer resilience as an act of resistance in a world clouded in hopelessness.

This compelling trio of original performance projects from these unmissable artists kicks off the 2025 Festival for one-night-only at OZ Arts Nashville.