The Disco Nativity

The Disco Nativity

Monday Blue, Chinisha (Cosmic Dust Productions)

What if Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity and Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol had a baby at Studio 54? Well honey, put your platforms on for The Disco Nativity.

DJ Monday Blue weaves the tunes behind the story of the birth of Black music, the death of disco, and the fate of Black music’s future. Will the ghosts of Black music’s past, present, and future be able to secure their place in the history books or will the myopic radio exec have the final say and the bottom dollar after all?

MONDAY, SEPT 21 DOORS @ 6:30PM | SHOW @ 7:00PM ARS NOVA 511 W 54TH STREET

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Monday Blue

Monday Blue – Iconoclastic daughter of the Southern Diaspora turned Brooklyn tastemaker, Monday Blue is a vinyl priestess with digital flex. A proud Spelman College alumna with a clinical doctorate in physical therapy, she’s powered stages for H&M, Soul in the Horn, Atlantic Theatre Company, Soho House, 651 Arts, The Pulitzer Prizes, and more. Beyond the decks, she’s a theatrical soundscape architect and most recently was an onstage DJ and performer in the Atlantic Theater’s A Freeky Introduction (2025). Creator of Doyennes of Disc—a vinyl party celebrating women selectors—she continues to push sonic boundaries and grow community.

Chinisha

Chinisha is an Emmy nominated, award-winning multi-hyphenate and chaotic polymath with a background in the arts, media, and live event production. She attended The New School where she received her MA in Media Studies, and a BA in Cinema Studies with a minor in African-American Studies from the CUNY Macaulay Honors College, cum laude. Chinisha has created work for major media & arts institutions including Comedy Central, Netflix, CNN, Sesame Street and more. She has received three Webby Awards (2022 & 2023) for her writing, direction, and series production on Black History in Two Minutes hosted by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Where does the show take place?

This show will take place at Ars Nova, located at 511 W 54th Street, New York, NY 10019.

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