A LOVE SUPREME: 4 Artists Giving Voice to the Black Experience
A LOVE SUPREME:
4 Artists Giving Voice to the Black Experience
A Love Supreme is a performance of dance, poetry, and digital and live storytelling, rooted in Black cultural expression, lived experience, and social consciousness. The performance continues AfroSolo’s more than 30-year legacy of presenting intimate, socially engaged solo performances in the Bay Area.
What: A Love Supreme
Where:
Potrero Stage, 1695 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 Live Performances on stage and Simulcast Performances
Performance Schedule
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Friday, February 13, 2026 | 7pm PST, 9pm CST, 10pm EST
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Saturday, February 14, 2026 | 7pm PST, 9pm CST, 10pm EST
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Sunday, February 15, 2026 | 3 pm PST, 5pm CST, 6pm EST
Tickets
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$20 – $35 – No one turned away due to the lack of funds
Buy Now: bit.ly/afrosolosupreme
For more info call: 415-771-2376
Angela King
performs “My Lovely Existence,” a dance exploring self-love and itsimpact on how we love others. Through movement and music, the work traces the journey of shedding emotional baggage to arrive at genuine self-love and a deeper connection with the world. King is a San Francisco native who has practiced various dance techniques, including contemporary, lyrical, and hip-hop. She started her Black girls&; hip-hop group while a student at Abraham Lincoln High School. King continued to create choreography throughout her college years at San Francisco City College and beyond.
Abdul Kenyatta
performs “Back In The Day” stories from his life growing up in Harlem, New York. He is an award-winning storyteller, poet, and performer whose work has been featured on NPR’s Snap Judgment and on stages across the United States. A multiple-time Bay Area storytelling competition winner, he has appeared at The Marsh Theaters in Berkeley and San Francisco with excerpts from his acclaimed solo works Back in the Day, Strictly Harlem, and Confessions of an Angry African in America. Since 2012, Kenyatta has served as Executive Director of The Speakeasy Storyteller Series, producing workshops and community-centered storytelling events. His book African Love Songs is available on Amazon.
Tureeda “Ture Ade” Mikell
performs “Is The Body Just a Sack of Blood?” A teen’s survival intelligence overcomes judgment and self-harm with help from a voice beyond that uplifts and bears witness, to never giving up. You could miss things you never dreamed of; arranged in poetry, stories, and songs. Mikell is an award-winning poet, storyteller, activist, and U.C. Berkeley Bay Area Writing Fellow. A Black Panther Party alum, her work has been presented internationally and at major cultural institutions, blending poetry, history, and story medicine rooted in liberation and ancestral memory.
Augustene Phillips
brings her voice and story to the stage with a reading of “My World of Music” from her newly released memoir, The Road I Traveled. From the cotton fields of Arkansas to a life shaped by resilience and possibility in San Francisco, Phillips’ journey is both moving and inspiring. The book features seventeen vivid short stories filled with triumph, joy, and hard-earned wisdom, seamlessly blending personal narrative with rich historical context. With grace, clarity, and undeniable charm, Phillips captivates audiences of all ages, offering a powerful reminder that it is never too late to tell your story.
Gregory Pond
presents Suite Love, a poetic journey exploring love in its many forms and complications, offering variations on the theme of A Love Supreme. Pond is a Brooklyn-born poet, author, and cultural organizer based in San Francisco. The author of five poetry collections, he is a board member of Clarion Performing Arts Center and a longtime community arts leader whose work centers on poetry as a tool for connection, memory, and social engagement.
Thomas Robert Simpson
presents “Beyond the Eye: Reimagining Black Presence Through AI,” a slide offering. Through visual storytelling and imagination, my goal is to entertain, uplift, and strengthen Black people’s self-perception—encouraging a deeper belief in our power, potential, and capacity for greatness. Using digital AI tools, he extends beyond what he can photograph, draw by hand, and bring ideas to life that he once could only imagine. Thomas Robert Simpson is the award-winning Artistic and Executive Director of the AfroSolo Theater Company. He is a writer, director, solo performance artist, and visual artist. In his digital exhibit, Simpson endeavors to enhance people’s self-perception and inspire them to transcend perceived limitations and broaden their sense of potential.