Keeper of Sadness is an immersive performance and living archive that centers the experiences of Black womxn.

Through movement, sound, storytelling, and projection-based media, the work explores grief as something ancestral, collective, and deeply personal. It invites audiences into an experience of witnessing where grief is not something to fix, but something to carry, understand, and transform together.

This work exists to hold space for the grief that has been carried, inherited, and often left unnamed within Black communities, particularly among Black women.

Keeper of Sadness asks what it means to collectively witness that grief. It honors memory, confronts erasure, and creates space for resilience, reclamation, and deeper understanding.

No. The experience is spatial and immersive.

A select number of seats will be provided, with preference given to audience members with disabilities and elders. Audience members may move through the environment and engage with different elements of the work as it unfolds.

Each performance runs approximately 1 hour, including the immersive experience and any integrated components.

Keeper of Sadness centers Black women and their lived experiences.

All audiences are welcome, especially those committed to witnessing with care, respect, and openness.

Yes.

The work engages themes of grief, trauma, memory, and historical erasure. We encourage audiences to enter with care and awareness.

Keeper of Sadness will be shared August 1–2, 2026 at 8:00 PM at Union Station.

This offering is an opportunity to convene the creative team in an immersive space and open the work to the public free of charge.

Additional performances, community engagements, and future iterations will be announced as the work continues to evolve.

The upcoming presentation will take place at:

Union Station
401 South Jackson Street
Seattle, WA

This historic site becomes part of the experience, transformed into an immersive environment shaped by performance, sound, and visual media.

All August 2026 performances at Union Station are free and open to the public.

While RSVP is not required for entry, we strongly encourage you to RSVP in advance.

RSVPing helps us:

• Prepare the space with care for those attending

• Understand how the work is reaching community

• Sustain and grow future offerings of Keeper of Sadness

Your RSVP is one way of being in relationship with the work before you arrive.

Yes. Post-performance engagements are an essential part of the KOS experience.

These sessions create space to:

• Process emotional and thematic content

• Engage in guided dialogue

• Build community through shared reflection

Capacity is limited, and advance registration is required.

RSVP will be shared in June 2026.

Pre-show interviews are part of the Keeper of Sadness's living archive.

They feature conversations with Black women whose stories, reflections, and lived experiences inform the work. These interviews expand the project beyond performance, preserving voice, memory, and perspective.

No.

Keeper of Sadness is a living archive. Each presentation evolves based on the space, collaborators, and community it engages.

Keeper of Sadness is built through collaboration with individuals and organizations that value storytelling, community engagement, and cultural care.

Partnership opportunities may include:

• Hosting future presentations

• Supporting community activations and workshops

• Sponsorship and resource alignment

Please reach out to Gail Boyd Artists Management to begin a conversation.

You can support by:

• Attending and bringing community

• Sharing the work

• Donating or sponsoring

• Partnering with us

Keeper of Sadness was created, driected and choreographed by Jade Solomon Curtis. Her multidisciplinary collaborators include a team of artists, designers, and community contributors.