In TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN, a new experimental & speculative play by Andrea Ambam, the fate of a peculiar and unprecedented case in American history rests in the hands of an all-Black, all-Femme jury. Set within a USA stamped as a backsliding democracy, TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN is a theatrical truthtelling experience where satire, ritual, and reenactments collide to stress-test American democracy and contemplate the consequences this country would face if Black women voted not with resilience, but righteous rage.

TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN is a recipient of the 2025 Perelman Performing Arts Center Democracy Cycle commission. In January 2026, Level Forward, The Billie Holiday Theatre, and Hi-ARTS produced two sold-out staged readings of TWELVE ANGRY BLACK WOMEN presented at BAM Fisher.

Commissioned and development support provided by The Democracy Cycle, a program of Perelman Performing Arts Center | PAC NYC and Civis Foundation