April, 2006

BritGirl Productions Press/Media Release

b current presents the Canadian premiere of the hit play:

'border/clash' starring Staceyann Chin
Harbourfront Studio Theatre
Saturday April 15th, 2006
8pm

"Staceyann Chin is an original. Don't miss her!"
-Eve Ensler, Vagina Monlogues

"Fierce, ferocious and slyly funny! (Staceyann) commands your attention!"
-The New York Times

"Chin...giving voice to an entire population made silent by fear!"
-Variety

b current is proud to present the Canadian premiere of 'border/clash' written
and performed by New York playwright and actress Staceyann Chin as the
incrediable finale to this year's rock.paper.sistahz festival; celebrating the
work of black women in theatre, film and the visual arts!

Chin has been the subject of on-screen ventures; from clips and interviews on
NBC, CNN, VH1, and BET to performances on the CBS aired Tony Award show. The
film Staceyann Chin was released in theaters in Denmark in 2001. It was also
aired on the Danish National Television station. Between the Lines, a
documentary that explores the notion of being Asian, a woman and a writer, is
the latest to feature Staceyann.

Staceyann was nominated for the Rolex Mentor and Protege Art Initiative where
she was considered as a possible protege for Toni Morrison. She was also
featured on the second and third seasons of the Peabody Award winning HBO
series, Def Poetry Jam. She has since then gone on to co-writing and performing
as one of the original cast members of the ground-breaking and critically
acclaimed, Tony Award winning Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway.

Summer 2003 brought a remarkably successful whirlwind tour of South Africa: Cape
Town, Durban, Johannesburg and a quick visit to Soweto. October found her
playing dancer when she was asked to be the first poet commissioned to write
and perform a piece with the prestigious Dance Africa Chicago. In short, be it
Australia, Jamaica, Altoona, or Hawaii - Staceyann has packed her poems and
travelled there.

Her individual performances warranted her work being published in the New York
Times, the Washington Post, and the Pittsburgh Daily. Her work was also
featured on 60 Minutes. Her poems can be found in her first chapbook, Wildcat
Woman, the one she now carries on her back, Stories Surrounding My Coming, and
numerous the anthologies, including Skyscrapers, Taxis and Tampons, Poetry
Slam, Role Call, Cultural Studies: Critical Methodologies. Staceyann's voice
can be heard on CD compilations out of Bar 13- Union Square, Pow Wow
productions and many more.

For more information about this event please contact:
Cheryl McKenzie
Director Of Publicity and Media Relations
416.358.0744
cheryl@britgirlproductions.com

http://www.britgirlproductions.com
http://www.bcurrent.ca

Harbourfront Centre Box Office: 416.973.4000