blckgoorue is an emotionally compelling, funny and sobering view into the interior life of one sick blck man.
Dwight Dunston aka Sterling Duns is a Philadelphia-based theater maker, clown, and hip-hop artist who has performed in schools, theaters, and festivals all over the country and internationally for 10+ years. In his work, Duns draws on the artistic lineages of Pochinko Clown, Social Presencing Theater, and Comedic Improvisation.
blckgoorue is his second originally written and produced play, which premiered at Cannonball during the 2024 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. After learning about prophetic witnessing through a 10-month spirituality cohort, Duns’ curiosity led him to consider how the conditions of suffering can give way to prophecy, but can also make humans vulnerable to the manipulations of a guru. Through this work, Duns poses the question “If we have to surrender to a higher power to experience a spiritual awakening, what are the dangers of that surrender?” The characters that Duns embodies each grapple with this question from different positions and through open dialogue with the audience.
Creative Team
Director: Sterling Duns
Assistant Directors: Donna Oblongata, Jess Conda, Lex Powell, Autumn Brown
Marketing Director: Autumn Brown
Manager: Brenda Dunston
Costume Designer: DeBreea Dunston
Lighting Design: Sophie Koester
Set Supporter: Sa’Rah Dunston-West
Creative Advisors: Exa Kutler, Matthew Armstead, Peterson Toscano, Raven Jones
Spiritual Anchors: Rhetta Morgan, Ingrid Lakey, Eileen Flanagan
March Comedy Weekend
Join us for a weekend full of laughter with some CLOWN-tastic Philly Fringe encores!
Catch a double night feature Saturday, March 22nd, with Alex Tatarsky’s Sad Boys in Harpy Land at 7PM following with Sterling Duns’ blckgoorue at 9PM!
And don’t miss the late-night solo show Sohrab is Bumbling Foriegner by creative team Sohrab Haghverdi, Benjamin Rosenthal, Mason Rosenthal, after Sad Boys in Harpy Land, Friday, March 21st!
