The Anthropologists

The Anthropologists Celebrating 16 years of collaboratively made investigative theatre. Where art meets action.

Artistic Director:
Melissa Moschitto

Artistic Associate:
Mariah Freda

12 standout moments from 2025:• Sacred performances of axes, herbs and satchels: open the archives • The most stellar st...
12/30/2025

12 standout moments from 2025:

• Sacred performances of axes, herbs and satchels: open the archives
• The most stellar stage management team ever: Verena & Miranda
• Teaching at Middlebury College
• post-performance Reflection Circle at axes, herbs and satchels
• Communing with midwives and doulas
• Teaching at Hofstra University
• Connecting with audience members at Arts Garage (Delray Beach, FL)
• Performing and teaching at Wabash College
• Reuniting with our longtime dramaturg Lynde Rosario!
• Presenting Bonita Jackson’s Black WOMBman, a solo play
• Multi-disciplinary team behind ahs
• The cast of axes, herbs and satchels on closing day of our NYC run

We are thrilled to be nominated in the 2025 Off-Broadway BroadwayWorld Awards! Voting Ends December 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM...
12/17/2025

We are thrilled to be nominated in the 2025 Off-Broadway BroadwayWorld Awards! Voting Ends December 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET. We’re nominated in the following OFF-OFF BROADWAY categories:

Best New Play: axes, herbs and satchels

Best Production of a Play: axes, herbs and satchels

Best Costume Design: Calypso Michelet

Best Lighting Design: Matías Ulibarry

Best Performance in a Play:
Jan Andree
Qianna Brooks
Genevieve Ngosa Daniels
Enette Fremont
Sandie Luna

Best Direction of a Play:
Sandie Luna
Melissa Moschitto

We are nominated for several awards in the 2025 BroadwayWorld Off-Off-Broadway Awards! Our noms include Best New Play (a...
12/12/2025

We are nominated for several awards in the 2025 BroadwayWorld Off-Off-Broadway Awards! Our noms include Best New Play (axes, herbs and satchels), Best Production of a Play (axes, herbs and satchels), Best Director (Sandie Luna and Melissa Moschitto, co-directors), Best Costume Designer (Calypso Michelet), Best Lighting Design (Matias Ulibarry), Best Performance in a Play (Qianna Brooks, Jan Andree, Enette Fremont, Genevieve Ngosa Daniels and Sandie Luna!)
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Grateful for the storytellers, the truth tellers, the portals to justice. Thank you, Bonita Jackson ( ) for letting us b...
11/27/2025

Grateful for the storytellers, the truth tellers, the portals to justice. Thank you, Bonita Jackson ( ) for letting us be a part of your incredible solo show, Black WOMBman. It was a true privilege!

Black WOMBman, created and performed by Bonita Jackson
Live piano by Kristin Vining
Stage Management by Sabeen Shalwani
Dramaturgical Support by Lynde Rosario
Producing Support by Melissa Moschitto (Artistic Director)

Moments captured by Yoshi Buckins.

11/11/2025

Behind the scenes of Bonita Jackson’s Black WOMBman, a new one-woman show that is “a praise to Black maternal love, joy, and resilience.”

The Anthropologists is proud to present a work-in-process showing of this vibrant new play. One night only: 11.16.25 in Astoria, Queens. Ticket link in bio.

✨MEET BONITA JACKSON, creator of the new one-woman show Black WOMBman,”a praise to Black maternal love, joy, and resilie...
11/06/2025

✨MEET BONITA JACKSON, creator of the new one-woman show Black WOMBman,”a praise to Black maternal love, joy, and resilience.”✨

Bonita Jackson is a believer, mother, wife, actress, writer, and teaching artist based in NYC. Bonita has written, performed, and produced four one-woman shows, and has performed in theatres and festivals in NYC for over ten years. She holds an MFA in Acting from FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training.

✨Black WOMBman is her FIFTH solo show!✨

IN HER OWN WORDS:
I have been passionate about Black maternal health for some time now. But it was when I decided that I was ready to be a mom that it struck me - this fear. This fear that said : “Oh my gosh, what if I don’t survive pregnancy? What if I die during childbirth because I am a Black woman?” From there I did all I could to ensure I would survive. And along the way I spoke with so many Black women who had similar fears, some who had experienced traumatic medical care during their pregnancy and/or childbirth. So many of these women are still holding onto what happened to them. There is so much healing that needs to happen. After my own traumatic experience during postpartum, it was clear to me that I needed more than a social media post to express how I feel about the Black Maternal Health Crisis, and to share these women’s experiences who have felt silenced in some ways.

Don’t miss the work-in-process performance of Bonita’s new show on Sunday, November 16th at 6:30PM at Art House Astoria Conservatory for Music and Art, 23-35 Broadway, Astoria, NY, 11106.

🎟️Ticket link in bio!🎟️

✨IN REHEARSAL✨1. Writer/Performer Bonita Jackson (C) in conversation with Anthropologist-in-Residence Nadia Mbonde (L) a...
10/24/2025

✨IN REHEARSAL✨
1. Writer/Performer Bonita Jackson (C) in conversation with Anthropologist-in-Residence Nadia Mbonde (L) and Dramaturg Lynde Rosario
2. Bonita passing out fresh new scripts for the read-thru!
3. Bonita in character
4. Rehearsal selfie! L to R: Nadia, Bonita, Lynde and Melissa
5. Join us for Bonita Jackson’s newest one-woman show, Black WOMBman. Sunday November 16, 2025 at 6:30pm in Astoria.
🎟️ Ticket link in bio!🎟️

✨IN REHEARSAL✨1. Writer/Performer Bonita Jackson (C) in conversation with Anthropologist-in-Residence Nadia Mbonde (L) a...
10/24/2025

✨IN REHEARSAL✨
1. Writer/Performer Bonita Jackson (C) in conversation with Anthropologist-in-Residence Nadia Mbonde (L) and Dramaturg Lynde Rosario
2. Bonita passing out fresh new scripts for the read-thru!
3. Bonita in character
4. Rehearsal selfie! L to R: Nadia, Bonita, Lynde and Melissa

Join us for Bonita Jackson’s newest one-woman show, Black WOMBman. Sunday November 16, 2025 at 6:30pm in Astoria. Ticket link in bio!

We like to melt perceived barriers between audiences and artists. Especially during the development of a new work. Audie...
10/20/2025

We like to melt perceived barriers between audiences and artists. Especially during the development of a new work.

Audiences are the ultimate litmus test. They can be a compass, a mirror, a guide.

Pictured: Founding Artistic Director Melissa Moschitto speaking with the audience at a work-in-process showing at the 14th St Y (2023).

📸 Isha Patel

The Anthropologists is thrilled to present a work-in-process performance of a new research-based solo play Black WOMBman...
10/09/2025

The Anthropologists is thrilled to present a work-in-process performance of a new research-based solo play Black WOMBman by performer and writer Bonita Jackson.

Developed with a grant from the Queens Art Fund, Black WOMBman uses dance, poetry, theatre and song to soulfully examine the Black maternal health crisis in the United States. We are honored to be able to amplify this project by providing space rental funds, production support, childcare reimbursement and dramaturgical support.

Tickets are free with RSVP. Please join us for the 45-minute performance and brief discussion as we help Bonita develop this vital new piece of theatre.

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Artistic Director: Melissa Moschitto Artistic Associate: Mariah Freda Resident Artists: Lynde Rosario, Resident Dramaturg Brianna Kalisch, Resident Actor Former Resident Artists Brian Demar Jones, Resident Actor Louise Gough, Dramaturg Sarah Edkins, Set Designer Founding Members Jean Goto, Sonja Sweeney, Liz Maestri

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