Presented as part of X-ID REP, an open studio research project organized in conjunction with the New Museum’s Fall 2015 R&D Season: PERSONA.
During open studio hours for X-ID REP, visitors are invited to observe a resident company of actors, playwrights, and directors as they develop material that highlights a spectrum of approaches to the collaborative production of representations of intercultural cross-play in theatrical contexts. This week’s open studio sessions will be led by director Lileana Blain-Cruz and will feature rehearsal-based explorations of new texts by Kirk Wood Bromley, Jackie Sibblies Drury, MJ Kaufman, and Aya Ogawa.

Working within a pop-up repertory theater model, X-ID REP is a research-driven enterprise designed to examine the shifting ethical boundaries surrounding intercultural cross-play on contemporary American stages. The project brings together a group of directors and playwrights recognized for their diverse approaches to staging across various identifications of class, race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and ability, among others, to collaborate with a resident company of actors chosen by them for this project. Their research will unfold in a studio environment open to the public at set times and will culminate in a performance presentation of their findings. Operating from various positions of agency and privilege, the members of X-ID REP will collectively examine the constructs of staging intercultural cross-identifications while directing our attention to the social conditions from which these constructs emerge and persist, perniciously or otherwise.

Featuring
Becca Blackwell
Drae Campbell
Youree Jong Choi
Mikeah Jennings
Gregg Mozgala
Alexandra Tatarsky
Saori Tsukada
Amelia Workman

Open Studio Hours*
Friday November 20: 2 PM–6 PM
Sunday November 22: 12 PM–6 PM

*Please note: The company may choose to take a break (of any length) at any point during announced Open Studio Hours, and visitors may be asked to exit the theater during this time.