In a world where love, joy, acceptance, and understanding are not universal, the Development Studio 49 team believes in the power of the arts to foster empathy, care, and pride. DS49 and our staff, creative team, and artists are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming, queer, and, and, and... We hope that through this BIG, GAY, LOUD, and BRIGHT production, we can help promote a more inclusive and compassionate community where everyone is free to express themselves authentically and without fear. We're so grateful that you're with us to celebrate the joyful space we are all creating tonight. Always continue to be your loud, proud, and gay self–and don't forget to tip your performers! ❤
– Adrian, Maya, Mikayla, and Sarah about a place to nourish your health (APNH)...
APNH mission
We provide services for those who face stigma or challenges in receiving culturally competent care.
APNH vision
Our vision is a community where everyone has access to high quality, relationship based, holistic care to inspire health and well-being and to empower people at risk of, or impacted by, HIV, substance use, mental illness and related conditions.
AIDS Project New Haven is the first and oldest AIDS service organization in the state of Connecticut and has been providing services to infected and affected individuals for the past 35 years in the Greater New Haven area. Our original mission was to provide education, non-judgmental, comprehensive and holistic services to individuals infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. Begun as a volunteer organization responding to the need to give compassionate care to individuals infected with HIV, educate the public and assist clients, mostly gay men at the time, end their lives with dignity, APNH has grown to include a professional staff of sixteen, a team of contract mental health, substance abuse and medical providers and hundreds of volunteers providing services to a diverse client base. We are committed to providing culturally sensitive, nonjudgmental, confidential and comprehensive services. We have established a high level of trust in the community among clients, funders, and collaborators and have continually adapted our services to the changing impact of the epidemic and needs of individuals living with HIV/AIDS in our community.
present:
co-curated by Adrian Alexander Hernandez
Jovanni Cabanas☀
Maya Louise Shed
co-hosts
Marlon Alexander Vargas☀
Xiomarie LaBeija☀
performers
Aster Aguilar☀
Augustine Lorrie☀
Dom☀
Em Kramm☀
Erycka☀
Harmony the Valkyrie☀
JMR☀
Jehloni☀
Ryder Die☀
Sapphire Bills☀
creative team
technical director
lighting designer
stage manager
sound designer
scenic + props designer
production assistant
production manager
Bennet Goldberg
Eitan Acks ☀
Hannah Louise Jones
Joyce Ciesil ☀
Kim Zhou ☀
Micah Ohno ☀
Twaha Abdul Majeed
pride365: a cabaret @ the cab runs ~2 hours, including a 10-minute intermission.
☀denotes Yale Summer Cabaret debut
Augustine Lorrie
Cash App: $AugustineLorrie
Venmo: @AugustineLorrie
Instagram: @augustine1orrie
Aster Aguilar
Venmo: @AJA940
Instagram: @aster.aguilar
Em Kramm
Venmo: @EmilyKramm
Instagram: @em.kramm
Erycka
Cash App: $eryckaortiz
Instagram: @signedrosalie
Dom
Cash App: $DomPheonix
Instagram: @dominickjacorey
Harmony the Valkyrie
Cash App: $harmonysola
Venmo: @harmonythevalkyrie
Instagram: @harmonythevalkyrie
don't forget to tip your performers + hosts!
Sapphire Bills
Cash App: $BryanV15
Venmo: @Bills15
Instagram: @SapphireBills
JMR
(performing Thurs. + Sat.)
Cash App: $JMRV127
Instagram: @jmr_127_
Jehloni
Cash App: $justjjxo
Instagram: @Jehloni
Marlon Alexander Vargas
Venmo: @Marlon-Vargas-3
Instagram: @vc.marlon
Ryder Die
Venmo: @Ryderdie95
Instagram: @sadb0yryder
Xiomarie LaBeija
Venmo: @xiomariexl
Instagram: @xiomarie.xl
originally printed in The New York Times on July 31, 2023.
writtenby
Maria Cramer + Wesley Parnell.photo provided by Kemar Jewel, DGSD Directing '25 + O'Shae's uncle.
read the full article at nytimes.com
Please consider donating to the GoFundMe started by O'Shae's father to help cover costs for his homegoing service.
You can visit bit.ly/OShaeforever, or scan the QR code below.
Development Studio 49 (DS49) curates a joyful space for people at DGSD, Yale, and within the New Haven area to create artistically brave experiences. We are a temporary theater company, and above all we prioritize ethical practices that value process and relationships over product. By the end of the summer, DS49 will be synonymous with joy, care, and growth. We imagine a group of artists who are not just proud of the work that they created at the Summer Cabaret, but feel equally respected by the way they were compensated and treated during their tenure. Through our intentional community partnerships and service, we will have successfully contributed one tight stitch in the patch that aims to strengthen the relationship between New Haven and Yale University.
☀ artistry: Artistic excellence is born out of creative experimentation. We are committed to acting as a playground where artists feel as safe to fail and grow with us as they do to succeed beautifully.
☀ inclusion: We create the conditions for all to feel welcome by actively and intentionally centering voices that are historically silenced–especially voices of the racial global majority, the LGBTQ+ community, low-income individuals, and marginalized genders. When people share about their past or present experiences with Yale, the New Haven community, YSC, or anything else, we believe them.
☀ responsibility: DS49 is committed to financial, mental, and environmental sustainability. We resolve to pay a livable wage for all who work with the Yale Summer Cabaret. We make technical and artistic decisions that prioritize rest, provide time for a life outside of YSC, do the least harm to our ecosystem, and are aligned with the amount of money that each person is getting paid. We responsibly create and maintain meaningful partnerships and seek ways to remain connected with the people and organizations that we encounter this summer outside of the YSC space.
☀ service: Everything we do is in service of our artists and the New Haven community. Just like the campsite rule, we leave spaces and relationships better than we found them.
☀ fun: If it’s not fun, we’re not doing it. It is summer, after all!
leadership collective
Adrian Alexander Hernandez - executive artistic director, operations
Maya Louise Shed - executive artistic director, community
Mikayla Michelle Stanley - executive artistic director, people + culture
Sarah Machiko Haber - executive artistic director, innovation + strategy
full-time staff
Allyse Corbin - marketing associate
Bennet Goldberg - technical director
Hannah Louise Jones - season stage manager
Twaha Abdul Majeed - production manager
advisory cabinet
Anna Glover + Kelly O'Loughlin
Brandon Fuller + Nadir Balan
C. Nikki Mills
Daniel Cress + Steven Padla
George Tinari
Laura Kirk
Martha Boateng + Moriah Clarke
Sue Clark
safety facilities
student employment + production
marketing + communications
web development
audience services
business + finance development
board of advisors
Audrey Conrad
Bobbin Ramsey
Bill Reynolds, co-chair
Carl Holvick
Casey Grambo, co-chair
Chloe Knight
Claudia Groisman
our support squad, including...
Cynthia Santos DeCure
Eileen Mydosh
Eric Lin
Jane Nowosadko
Matthew Tanico
Mia Sara Haiman
Natalie King
Audrey Conrad, Bill + Sharon Reynolds, the Haber/Moriuchi Family, House of Naan, Joan Channick, Lee + Abby Stump, Margaret Ann Judd and Bennett
Pudlin, Nina Adams + Moreson Kaplan, Patrick Seaver + Sonja Berggren, and Traci Shed.
the pride365 team sends special thanks to...
A Place to Nourish Your Health, Angelica Dawson, Don Titus, Jasmine Moore, Jovanni Cabanas, New Haven Black Pride, Paige Klug, The House of LaBeija, The House of Valkyrie, Snickers, and Tim Mack.
thank you, House of Naan, for being a season-long sponsor of DS49!
free! every monday + thursday from 11am-1pm play @ the cab: a 6 x 10 new work festival
august 24-26
purchase your passes + single tickets online @ summercabaret.org
