Thursday, December 7th at 7:30 PM
Co-Directors kick off: performances by Jo De La Cruz + Skye E. Kowaleski followed by a conversation with radical acts alumni & special guests.
JO DE LA CRUZ: Hey…no peeking!
Hey…no peeking! is a one-night-only exhibit in which Jordana invites you to an experiment in radical vulnerability. Sharing private diaries and audio journals dating back through adolescence, Jordana grants you access to the highs and lows of her emotional life and the physical coping mechanisms she has built to contain them.
Credits:
Artistic Consultant: Cristina Pitter
Design by Devin Sparkles
SKYE E. KOWALESKI: Try Softer
Skye gets a tattoo onstage, tells stories, and pontificates on what radical empathy, compassion, and forgiveness look like in practice. Together we'll interrogate the beautiful mess of being alive and what we owe each other in relationship on our individual pathways of growth.
Credits:
Dramaturgy by Brandon Webster
Directorial Support by é boylan
Tattoo art by Mika Gonzalez
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Jo De La Cruz (she/they) is a Brooklyn-based stage director, curator, creative producer, and co-conspirator in the movement to spread Black & Brown joy. She concentrates on new work that questions what it means to be free and, more urgently, how we are helping each other achieve this freedom. Their practice aims to expand the concept of community and see that productions serve as inspiration for action. Before becoming the Co-Director of the Obie award winning Brooklyn performance and civic space JACK, Jordana was the Program Manager at Park Avenue Armory where they were instrumental in the creation of the institution’s Public Programs Series. She has held producing and administrative roles at INTAR Theatre, 52nd Street Project, and Story Pirates and has served as Stage Director at JACK, Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company, Lark Play Development Center, Japan Society, Iati Theater, INTAR Theatre, La Mama Experimental Group and Mabou Mines. Jordana is a a member of the Theater Communications Group’s 2019-2020 Rising Leaders of Color Cohort and WP Project Directors Lab 2022-2024.
Skye E. Kowaleski (they/them) is a facilitator, writer, and director dedicated to creating spaces for collective healing, transformation, and liberation. Their work has focused on highlighting underrepresented narratives and dismantling inequity through historical inquiries into paradigms of power. They have spent the last decade creating new theatrical work and advocating for artists and change-makers in NYC. Most recently, Skye stage-directed the filmed adaptation of Heather Christian’s Animal Wisdom at Woolly Mammoth Theatre co-presented with American Conservatory Theater and The Bushwick Starr. They have strengthened their voice and approach through positions at The Times Center, The Green Building, The Public Theater, Collaborate Consulting (a trans-led DEI firm) and served as Associate Director of both Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company and Town Stages. Skye attended NYU (Experimental Theater Wing) to study Drama and Psychology, and received an M.A. in Women’s and Gender History from Sarah Lawrence College where they were the winner of the Gerda Lerner Award for academic excellence. www.skyekowaleski.com