Curio Theatre Company will be visited by an American icon this February. For one night only, the company is presenting Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed & Unbowed, a one-woman show by Ingrid Griffith.

Chisholm, a Brooklyn-born daughter of Caribbean immigrants, was the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress and to run for President.

Griffith, the creator and performer of “Unbossed and Unbowed”, plays Chisholm and inhabits 15 other characters in this 75-minute solo performance with no intermission. The stage play dramatizes how Chisholm’s race and gender were supposed to determine how far she would go in life and how her Caribbean parents’ immigrant determination and personal willpower pushed her to overcome that fate and rise.

Griffith, a New York City based actor, has been touring “Unbossed & Unbowed” across the country and abroad for the past three years, with the hope that this largely unheard story will enlighten audiences and inspire them to take action that will bring about positive change. The show was winner of the 2023 Suzi Bass Award, Atlanta’s professional theater awards, for Outstanding Production about Social Justice and Ingrid Griffith was a 2023 Suzi Bass Award Nominee for Outstanding Principal Performer in a Play.

Ingrid Griffith

“I’m excited to bring Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed & Unbowed to Curio,” said Griffith. “Philadelphia is the birthplace of democracy and the cradle of diversity, all that trailblazing Shirley Chisholm stands for.”

This show will be performed at Curio on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. in Calvary’s chapel. Entrance is at 4740 Baltimore Ave. Tickets are Pay What You Can with a suggested donation of $30. Audiences who can afford it are encouraged to pay a little extra for an audience member who can’t afford to pay and to cover credit card fees.

Find tickets and more information at www.curiotheatre.org. This performance is designed for audiences ages 10 and up.