One man show. Ritual.  An assortment monologue, movement and music tracing the landscape of his journey with masculinity, myth, and purpose by excavating and examining the journey into black manhood in America. The catalyst being the death of his father, the yard that held the archetypal man he strove to be unraveled. A journey into the shadow. Produced with Emily Kleypas. Dramaturgy by Addae Afura Moon.

Creating new plays takes time, open hearts, and dedicated space to nurture ideas. It takes a commitment to investing in artists and helping to discover and grow new voices. And it demands resources focused on process, artistic exploration, and room to risk. Our Stripped Bare Arts Incubator Project provides research and development time to at least four new projects per season – bolstering new artists, forms, and voices. A Stripped Bare project is not about sets, lights, props, and costumes. It is about actors, words, passion, movement, and ideas.

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John Clarence Stewart hails from Stone Mountain, GA.  John is a Storyteller who believes in the power of story to transform, investigate, and heal as Story has been essential in those ways in his own life.  He attended both Columbus and Kennesaw State Universities, and started his Acting career in the Atlanta Theater Community. He worked with The Alliance (Whipping Man *Suzi Bass Nom*, Choir Boy, Christmas Carol), Synchronicity (Best Christmas Pageant Ever), The Aurora (Lombardi). Outside of Atlanta John worked at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and The Classical Theater of Harlem.  In recent years he transitioned into Television and Film, P-Valley and Zoeys Extraordinary Playlist.  John is beyond grateful to be coming back to Atlanta to step into a new space as an artist, Playwright/Actor.  Grateful for Synchronicity taking a chance on him and this story.