Don't Let the Sun Beat You Home

Don't Let the Sun Beat You Home

A one-woman theatrical choreopoem that celebrates the resilience of Black women in America. Through five acts, it investigates the five major killers of Black women–chronic illness, childbirth, stress, police violence, and suicide–to illuminate the rampant experiences of Black women and the complexities of overcoming hardships.

Alex Tha Great is a poet, actress, and arts curator holding a Master’s degree in Cultural Studies. She is the Executive Director of the Right 2 Write Poetry Slam Festival, #4 ranked Woman Poet in the World, a TedX speaker, and community organizer known in her current home of Dallas and earlier roots of East Palo Alto, CA. Her poems have been published in several journals including The Cookout, Illya’s Honey, The Voices Project, The Legendary, and Linden Avenue and she is the author of four collections of poetry including Black Souls Dance on Beat (2015) and Weeping in Public Spaces (2022). Her solo project Don’t Let The Sun Beat You Home (2023) culminated her residency with Arts Mission Oak Cliff as a succession to her first one woman show Passport to Womanhood (2013) which was awarded Best One Woman Show by the Houston Fringe Festival.