THEY TEND TO THEMSELVES SELLS OUT AGAIN
They Tend To Themselves: A Choreopoem
One Performance Remains. Do Not Miss Your Last Chance.
Thursday, June 24th | Los Angeles LGBT Center
Funded by Hollywood Pantages Theatre and County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath
LOS ANGELES, CA — They Tend to Themselves, the choreopoem written and performed by Gabrielle Jackson, has sold out its second to last performance at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. With audiences leaving every show in tears and critics calling it one of the most powerful theatrical experiences of the Festival, only one performance remains — Sunday, June 28th at 9:15 PM at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre.
Since opening night the show has built a strong word of mouth. Audience members have described the experience as healing, transcendent and unlike anything they have witnessed on a stage. The consensus is clear: Rainbow Delicious is a woman Los Angeles needs to meet before the Festival closes.
They Tend to Themselves follows Rainbow Delicious, a Black woman navigating the intersections of race, gender, and selfhood, as she confronts the fear of her own reflection. Moving through grief, ancestral wisdom and radical self-love, the show draws on Afrofuturism and Indigenous Futurism to explore the belief that time moves in a spiral and that our ancestors and future selves are always reaching toward us. The show guides audiences to a single, revolutionary truth: that tending to yourself is not an indulgence but an inheritance.
WHAT AUDIENCES ARE SAYING
“Gabrielle Jackson held the audience in a space of healing and empowerment. Her grace and movement kept the story flowing throughout. Everyone in that room were in tears — not because it was imposed on us, but because of the human connectedness that we all inhabited during the play. The words were magical, sincere and honest, coming from the ancestral wisdom of the African Diaspora.”
— Audience Review, Hollywood Fringe Festival 2026
“Gabby was able to pull every audience member in through her words, movement, and individual interaction. At times you could feel her speaking directly to you. The mirrors and lighting — I have never seen a prop or set piece work so well. A powerful and moving piece that will have you thinking, crying, laughing and so much more. A beautiful insight into the magical mind of Gabrielle Jackson. Overall, the show was perfection. I wish I was available to see it again.”
— Audience Review, Hollywood Fringe Festival 2026
“Jackson’s performance is powerful, grounded, and graceful. Her poetic delivery lingers long after the show ends and leaves you thinking about what it truly means to tend to yourself.”
— Dondre Tuck, LATheatrix
FINAL PERFORMANCE
Sunday, June 28, 2026 — 9:15 PM
Venue: Los Angeles LGBT Center, Davidson/Valentini Theatre
Address: 1125 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles, CA
Runtime: 50 minutes, no intermission
Use code SJSLA at checkout to pay what you can.
Tickets: www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/9428
ABOUT GABRIELLE JACKSON
Gabrielle Jackson is a writer, performer, director and educator based in Long Beach, California. A multidisciplinary storyteller whose work explores the intersections of identity, memory, spirituality and liberation, she is a 2026 Hollywood Fringe Scholarship recipient — selected from hundreds of applicants festival-wide. They Tend to Themselves is her debut full-length solo work.
