Performances
Van Dyke Performance Space
- 2026 Aug 20 Thursday 7:00 PM
- 2026 Aug 21 Friday 7:00 PM
- 2026 Aug 22 Saturday 2:00 PM
- 2026 Aug 22 Saturday 7:00 PM
Auditions
- 2026 Feb 8 Sunday
What To Know About This Production
WE BEEN KNEW is a funny, soulful one-act stage play about four Black women, one living room, and the kind of honesty that only shows up after the second glass of wine.
What starts as a typical girls’ night (shopping bags, jokes, side-eyes, and unspoken rules), quickly turns into a truth-telling circle when each woman reveals a deeply personal secret. From identity and illness to marriage, money, and the exhausting expectation to always be “the strong one,” every confession is met not with shock, but with recognition. Because the truth is—they already knew.
Blending sharp comedy, music, and ritual, WE BEEN KNEW celebrates the sacred space of the sister circle: the rare place where women can take the cape off, tell the truth without judgment, and be held exactly as they are. A surprise cameo adds humor and perspective, underscoring the play’s central insight that women are often each other’s safest witnesses.
Hilarious and deeply moving, WE BEEN KNEW is a love letter to female friendship, emotional honesty, and the healing power of being truly seen.
Auditions For We Been Knew - Stage Play
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Cast List For We Been Knew - Stage Play
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Characters
- Staci (35-55) - black transgender woman - Character Tone Grounded, confident, emotionally intelligent
- Larhonda (35-55) - black female - Character Tone Controlled, layered, emotionally restrained
- Kathleen (40-60) - black female - Character Tone Quiet strength, vulnerability, grace
- Winter (30-45)- black female - Character Tone Fast, funny, deflective with emotional depth
- Dash (3055) Man - Any ethnicity - Comedic, charming, charismatic, emotionally intelligent, observant, soulful Must be naturally funny without forcing jokes humor should feel effortless and human
- Staci (B) (35-55) - black transgender woman - Character Tone Grounded, confident, emotionally intelligent
- LaRhonda (B) (35-55) - black female - Character Tone Controlled, layered, emotionally restrained
- Winter (B) (30-45)- black female - Character Tone Fast, funny, deflective with emotional depth
- Kathleen (B) (40-60) - black female - Character Tone Quiet strength, vulnerability, grace
- Dash (B) (3055) Man - Any ethnicity - Comedic, charming, charismatic, emotionally intelligent, observant, soulful Must be naturally funny without forcing jokes humor should feel effortless and human
Cast
- Shaneika Anderson Winter
- TBD Winter and Staci (B)
- Baria Jordan Staci
- Wanda Dupree Kathleen
- Tyyawdi Hands Larhonda and Kathleen (B)
- TBD Dash
- TBD LaRhonda (B)
Crew
- TBD Director
- TBD Producer
- TBD Music Director
- TBD Choreographer
- TBD Stage Manager
- TBD Costumer
- TBD Sound Tech
- TBD Lighting Tech