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Chicava

Represented by :
Christine Tyson DeJesus

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I'm Chicava Roslyn Tate, aka Chicava HoneyChild.

I play the Goddess Oya in the upcoming show A Bunch of N*s Running Around with Swords. Favorite acting experiences include playing Fumi in Efe Kaba’s Chock Full Till Empty and Hillary, the lead in Nicole Franklin’s Title 7. I was featured in Spike Lee’s  She Hate Me.   My training includes Shakespearean and classic studies with the amazing faculty of The Will Greer Theatrical Botanicum, in Topanga Canyon. In New York I've had the honor of training with  Sande Shurin Studio, Seth Barrish, the Atlantic Theater Repertory, and Mary Boyer.

As a Producer and Director I am currently working on my documentary Black Bombshells the history of Black Burlesque, Striptease & Pinup models. I am a BRIC Community Producer where I host The SHERO Space Podcast, conversations with Black women on their spiritual journeys. I directed The Skin I’m In by Jennifer Armas through BRIC’s Intimate Eye and Becoming Betty Page which is both a play and a short film on the iconic pinup for Coney Island USA.

For thirteen years I was the Creative Producer of New York City's Brown Girls Burlesque creating traditional, political and theatrical burlesque from Black women’s perspective. I spent six or so of those years as an artist in residence at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater with my blues & jazz burlesque revue,The Dirty Honey Shake. Another terrific highlight in my burlesque career were my five annual political burlesque shows at The Brooklyn Museum. I am one of the foremost scholars on Black Women in burlesque heritage and this gave me the opportunity to lectured and performed on the university circuit at Yale College, Swarthmore, Sarah Lawrence College, and Wesleyan to name a few. 

I received my MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College, one of the best decisions of my life. My  areas of interest included performance art, women of color in burlesque heritage, sacred sexuality and religion & spirituality.

Over the summer months I lead DuYe Moves, a community arts program on Governors Island that provides free dance, wellness and arts programs to the public. I would love for you come move with us!