“
Gotta move, gotta be out
gotta queer this place
gotta find some place
some place where I can just be me.



images c/o plate 3 photography
performance images c/o philadelphia museum of art
Renoir. Matisse. Picasso. Streisand. The Bearded Ladies.
In 1966, Barbra Streisand turned the Philadelphia Museum of Art into her personal playground. Now it’s our turn! A remix of the landmark television special Color Me Barbra, Color Me Bearded is an immersive romp that forces new perspectives on a Philadelphia institution and a living legend. Let a Bearded Barbra take you by the hand for this musical walking tour asks: what happens when we expand the frame?
production information
Virgil Gadson
John Jarboe
Messapotamia Lefae
Veronica Chapman-Smith
Kate Raines
Val Dunn
Jacqueline Soro
Kate Poole
Morriah Young
Elizabeth Huston (Harp)
Thomas LaForgia (Cello)
Eric Derr (Percussion)
Anthony Bob (Flute)
and Philadelphia Voices of Pride
John Jarboe Writer & Director
Heath Allen Music Direction & Arrangement
Rebecca Kanach Costume Design & Manufacture
Doug Greene Installation and Prop Design & Manufacture
Jorge Cousineau Video Design
Daniel Perelstein Sound Design
Lucas Fendlay Audio Engineer
Amy Smith Choreography and Outside Eye
Elaina Di Monaco Production Manager
Kate McSorley Fossner Stage Manager
Emily Moylan, Shannon O’Brien Assistant Stage Managers/Wardrobe
Tara Webb, Sarah Mitchell Stitchers
Special thanks to the Security Officers at the Museum whose voices are featured.