Registration will open on Friday, February 6 at 12 PM.
Directed by Brittany Vi-King
Columbia University School of the Arts presents Is God Is, a directing thesis production by current student Brittany Vi-King and written by Aleshea Harris.
Twins Racine and Anaia cross through the Dirty South to the California Valley to avenge their mother, God, and kill their father. A modern Afropunk spaghetti Western with a nod to Greek tragedy.
Showtimes
Thursday, March 12, 8 PM
Friday, March 13, 8 PM
Saturday, March 14, 2 PM
Saturday, March 14, 8 PM
Sunday, March 15, 2 PM
Run Time
90 minutes
Content Warning
Please be advised that this production includes the following content: Is God Is includes depictions and references to graphic and stylized violence, including severe physical injury, self harm, suicide, fire-related trauma, and death. Blood and spit. Graphic language including swears, hate speech, slurs (toward women), and strong uses of verbally abusive language.
Featuring
Arden Carethers - Racine
Carter - Anaia
Dominique Payne - She
Will Brewington - Chuck Hall
Isavel Mendoza - Scotch
Kennedi Roland - Angie
JaVaun Ryal Butler - Man
Production Team & Crew
Director - Brittany Vi-King (current student)
Dramaturg - Mo Holmes (current student)
Dramaturg - Octavia Washington (current student)
Producer - Brissa Lopez (current student)
Producer - Anna Rui Dou (current student)
Production Stage Manager - Hera Jung (current student)
Stage Manager - Ruihan "Renee" Yang (current student)
Stage Manager - Yining Shang (current student)
Lighting Designer - Chloe Dittloff
Scenic Designer - Simean Carpenter
Props Designer - Ezekiel Clare
Costume & Special Effects Designer - Kristina Fosmire
Sound Designer - Eden Segbefia
Intimacy & Fight Director (faculty) - Adjunct Assistant Professor Jacqueline Holloway
Associate Intimacy & Fight Director - Alex Taylor
Company Manager - Jeremiah J. Lussier (current student)
About the Director
Brittany Vi-King (they/them) founding member of Pick Six, is a stage director from Seattle, WA. They are currently a MFA Director at Columbia University (Class of 2026), training under Anne Bogart and Brian Kulick.
Some of their directing credits include the premiere of Pair of Fools (2025), Rachel Berry Saved My Life (2024), as well as Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull (2024) and Shakespeare to Shange: A Devised Piece (2023). Brittany has worked significantly with Seattle’s Young Shakespeare Workshop, the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, and Magic Theatre as an Teaching Artist.
Brittany is passionate about creating space for collective storytelling.
“Is God Is” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com