((Video Design by Hsuan-Kuang Hsieh, Animation & Assistant Design by Wei-Fang Chang))

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Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side is a theatre production that examines the Black experience in 20th-century America through a rich tapestry of symbolism, lyricism, and mythic figures.

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Etta and Ella Harrison—brilliant academics, sisters, and lifelong rivals—stand on the brink of self-destruction. Their story unfolds through a bold cinematic approach, blending monologue, dialogue, voiceover, and prose in a genre-defying work that is part experimental play, part narrative thriller.