#SuiteTea by TS Hawkins at Louis Bluver Theatre

#SuiteTea by TS Hawkins part of "Gods & Goodness: a staged reading double feature" Saturday, May 23rd at 11AM Louis Bluver Theatre at The Drake

ABOUT THE READINGS Recent years have changed the way we talk about the experience of faith onstage. More specifically, whose perspectives we hear and see. Journey with Azuka Rising Writer & award-winning writer TS Hawkins and Azuka New Pages playwright Bruce Walsh in two stories that approach a similar topic from incredibly different perspectives.

ABOUT THE PLAY/CHOREOPOEM Searching for a sense of solace about a recent encounter, PEACE takes a stroll to the neighborhood park to clear her mind. While on the phone with a trusted confidant, an unlikely voyeur indulges in her journey through self-realization.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT TS HAWKINS is an international author, performance poet, art activist, playwright, trauma-informed & award winning educator, and member of the Dramatists Guild. Plays, short works, and books include Seeking Silence, sweet bread peaches (formerly, Cartons of Ultrasounds), Too Late to Apologize, In Their Silence (formerly, They’ll Neglect to Tell You), #RM2B, The Secret Life of Wonder: a prologue in G, AGAIN, #SuiteReality, “don’t wanna dance with ghosts...”, #SuiteTea, the Are We Free Yet? project, Sugar Lumps & Black Eye Blues, Confectionately Yours, Mahogany Nectar, Lil Blaek Book: all the long stories short, The Hotel Haikus, and Becoming Saturn: a collection of rhymes, roses, and resistance. Hawkins’ plays, short works, and powerful performances have been praised by the PGN - 48 Most Influential LGBTQ+ Leaders Honoree, UPenn LGBT Center as a Scholar-in-Residence, the Barrymore Awards - Victory Foundation for Excellence in Theatre Education recipient, Philadelphia Magazine - Best of Philly, BroadwayWorld, Philly Voice, NPR, WHYY, WURD Radio, Philadelphia Weekly, Chicago Tribune, The Dramatist, dosageMagazine, and an Honorable Mention for the 2025 TONY® Award for Excellence in Theatre Education. Featured playwriting opportunities include Frank Moffett Mosier Fellowship for Works in Heightened Language Semifinalist & Dramatists Guild Foundation National Fellowship Finalist for 2024-25. Ongoing interactive projects: TrailOff, Community Capital: an Afrofuturism South Philly Walking Experience, and Becoming Saturn; Hawkins’s first studio poetry album with HawkHatt Music.