Terry Knickerbocker Studio is thrilled to announce a one-day-only reading of IS GOD IS, benefiting our Equity in Acting Excellence Project!
Affordable Presale Tickets to our benefit reading of IS GOD IS by Aleshea Harris are LIVE exclusively to the TKS Community. For single tickets, use the code TKS for $5 off if you are a teacher or a student!
Seating is LIMITED, so we suggest you grab tickets while you can further support the future generation of actors in training with both high value auction and raffle items including a pair of tickets to plays Off-Broadway, Gift Cards to businesses and restaurants across Industry City, Headshot Sessions, as well as an hour of coaching from Terry Knickerbocker!
Directed by Justin Cimino and featuring: Celestine Rae, Deja Dawkins, Chalse Okeke, Sheldon J. Nicholas, Tawny Dolley, Terrence J. Wartell, Bryce Foley, Mannie Mendez, with stage directions read by Ayana Anise Mumford.
As we celebrate Black History Month, TKS recognizes the profound impact of the Black community globally. From influential leaders and thinkers to groundbreaking artists and cultural icons, their contributors have played an instrumental role in shaping our world. Through Harris’ effervescent genre-bending mosaic, IS GOD IS embodies the endless possibilities of how audaciously questioning the cycles of our past can continue to reclaim our future.
IS GOD IS follows twin sisters who sojourn from the Dirty South to the California desert to exact righteous revenge. A modern myth, IS GOD IS explores deviant morality, familial dysfunction and the perilous landscape of orphaned black girl/womanhood. A recipient of the 2018 Obie Award in Playwriting for Aleshea Harris, IS GOD IS evokes the ancient, the modern, the tragic, the Spaghetti Western and Afropunk.
This is also a rare opportunity to hear this award-winning play aloud ahead of its theatrical release this spring 2026 written and directed by Harris herself and starring 2x Tony Award Winner Kara Young (Purlie Victorious), 10x Grammy Nominated Recording Artist Janelle Monae, and Emmy Winner Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us, Paradise).
About the Fundraiser
All proceeds support The TKS Equity in Acting Excellence Project, which is dedicated to creating opportunities for students who would otherwise not have the financial means to attend Terry Knickerbocker Studio. Your support enables us to provide these students with access to exceptional training led by our world-class faculty, immersive experiences in our beautiful Industry City space, and a comprehensive curriculum designed to nurture their growth, refine their craft, and empower their artistic expression. Together, we can ensure that underrepresented communities have the opportunity to train at the highest level and pursue their individual artistic goals.
We invite those with the means to contribute more generously to do so, as every dollar makes a difference in the lives of these aspiring young actors. Your support ensures that talented students have access to invaluable opportunities in the performing arts. Thank you for your generosity!
If you can’t be with us on the 22nd but still want to support our Equity in Acting Excellence Project, donate whatever amount you’d like and we will give a ticket to someone so they can attend!
IS GOD IS is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
