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Growth

Queen B:
A New Work of Honeybee Futurism

Book and libretto by elle thoni
Music by Dameun Strange with additional contributions by Carlisle Evans-Peck

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The year is 2121.
Honeybees are now extinct.
Now the only hives are the ones that humans have built for themselves.
It’s not the next revolution – it’s the one after.

102 years into the future, cities have sealed themselves under holographic domes to protect themselves from the inhospitable climate. Yet, when the robo-bee population begins to die off like their honeymaking ancestors, the fate of this new society rests upon the fading memories of the last living beekeeper, a (former?) revolutionary who goes by the name Queen B.

Queen B premiered at Tamales y Bicicletas Urban Farm in Minneapolis, MN in August 2019 before going on to tour urban and rural green spaces in Southern Minnesota in July - September 2021.

Co-presented with partners Tamales y Bicicletas Urban Farm, Franconia Sculpture Park  (Schafer), Squash Blossom Farm (Oronoco), Dreamery Rural Arts Initiative (Wycoff) and Lake Street Truth Collective (Minneapolis)

Funded by generous grants from the
Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initative and Arts Tour Programs.

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Meet the hive

QUEEN B: A NEW WORK OF HONEYBEE FUTURISM

Book and libretto by Elle Thoni
Music by Dameun Strange with Additional Contributions by Carlisle Evans-Peck
Directed by Harry Waters Jr., Assistant Direction by Katie Burgess

CAST

2019: Lelis Brito, Ricky Morisseau, Or Levinson, Estefania Sedarski, Scotty Reynolds, and Qamar Yochanan
2021: Lelis Brito, Andi Cheney, Tor Chavarria, Chasya Hill, Or Levinson, Ricky Morisseau, Ester Ouray, and Erika Thorne

MUSICIANS

(2019) Dameun Strange
(2021) Carlisle Evans-Peck, Willow Waters

PRODUCTION TEAM

Stage Management by Asher Edes
Set by Orren Fen

Costumes by Linda Slater

Crew support by Remus Huber

Production photos by Gloria Collyard 

Original illustrations by Bryce Burton

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