Black Light

★★★★! Jomama invites us to see her, to witness her, and to go from Black Light back out into daylight with our senses somehow both sharpened and softened: more able to hear others, more able to see ourselves.

Vulture

Jones has been channeling storytelling chanteuse Jomama since the ’90s; but if we ever found ourselves living in a time that needed humor, honesty, and wisdom, all wrapped up in a cabaret featuring original songs, it’s right now.

Edge Boston

Daniel Alexander Jones performs as the iconic Jomama Jones in a spiritual revival for turbulent times. This intimate journey through the darkness of personal and political upheaval and the shards of shattered illusions is illuminated by spontaneous humor and what The New Yorker calls Jones’ “very particular radiance.” With all original music, drawing influence from Prince, Sade, Diana Ross, and Tina Turner, Black Light is marked significantly by the Black American Freedom movement, Afromysticism, goddess mythology, and divination. This immersive performance piece removes the barrier between artist and audience through inquiry, story, and song.

Created by Daniel Alexander Jones
Original Songs by Jomama Jones
With Bobby Halvorson, Laura Jean Anderson, Dylan Meek, and Josh Quat
Additional Music by Samora Pinderhughes & Tariq Al-Sabir

Additional Production Support
Jonathan Glazer and Hadley Leach

New York premiere produced by Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater on February 12, 2018.
Originally produced Off-Broadway by Diana DiMenna at the Greenwich House Theater, September 30 – November 11, 2018.
Developed in association with the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Theater Residency program.

Special Thanks

Hibernian Hall
Abe Rybeck