Keiyaa Can Do Anything, Including Experimental Theater
In the R&B experimentalist’s ambitious recent stage production ‘Milk Thot,’ ego death and new music abound.
How many alarms do you need to set to wake up in the morning? If Keiyaa’s first-ever stage play Milk Thot is to be believed, she needs at least four. Staged in a limited run at New York’s Abrons Arts Center last week, the show opens with the Brooklyn-via-Chicago singer, songwriter, and producer asleep in an approximation of her bedroom. Her house band—a bassist, drummer, and keyboardist set up on platforms around the auditorium—plays a tune to wake her up. Every time, the music comes back louder and more aggressive than before until a saxophonist appears and blares in her ears, causing her to rocket out of bed. As she gets her bearings, she stares directly into the audience, perplexed: “The fuck are y’all doing in my house?”
