Photos by Caroline Yang, 2019.

The 2019 Pillsbury House Theatre Naked Stages fellows, Queen Drea, Amoke Awele Kubat, and Hawona Sullivan Janzen, will each premiere an original performance at Pillsbury House Theatre January 16 – 25, 2020. Their pieces are directed by Signe Harriday, Maren Ward and  Mankwe Ndosi, with creative mentorship from Djola Branner and and Naked Stages Director Pramila Vasudevan.

All tickets are Pick Your Price. (Regular price = $16. Anything over $16 is considered a donation.) Shows are January 16 – 25, Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 PM. Post-show discussions will occur on Saturday, January 18^th and Friday, January 24^th.

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Learn more about their pieces:

Queen Drea’s Soul Chamber: The Chaos Inside
by Queen Drea
Directed by Signe Harriday

Queen Drea’s Soul Chamber: The Chaos Inside is an aural, comedic and movement- based exploration into chaos inside of QD’s mind. Sometimes the chaos enhances creative spirit, sometimes it opens memory, sometimes it conjures a whole lot of wisecracks, and often it leaves a composition undone till the last possible moment. I mean, it’s chaos, so what do you expect?

Good Old Pussy and Old Good Pussy
by Amoke Awele Kubat
Directed by Maren Ward

Amoke’s project, Good Old Pussy and Old Good Pussy (aka Good Old Kit Kat and Old Good Kit Kat) is about Black women’s UNSAIDS about AGING; mind, body, and sexuality. This work explores the historical and continual objectification of Black female bodies from slavery to medical progress and bioethics, educational institutions, the workplace and contemporary media images.

Hydro’s Phobia
by Hawona Sullivan Janzen
Directed by Mankwe Ndosi

Hydro’s Phobia is the true-false story of Hydro, a healer woman who struggles with a profound fear of water. Moments of her life are revealed through a series of narratives performed by tour guides from her dreams. One part performance art, one part self-help book, and three parts fantasy, Hydro’s Phobia is a living ode, a love-poem for anyone who has ever been afraid.

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NAKED STAGES NEWS

Meet the 2019 Naked Stages Fellows!

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2019/20 Naked Stages Applications Now Available!

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Meet the 2018 Naked Stages Fellows!

Pillsbury House Theatre is excited to announce the recipients of the 2018 Naked Stages Fellowship:  A.P. Looze, Anat Shinar & Chitra … Read more…

2018/19 Naked Stages Fellowship Application Now Available!

Naked Stages, a 7-month Jerome Fellowship for emerging performance artists at Pillsbury House Theatre, is now accepting … Read more…

Announcing Our 2017 Naked Stages Fellows!

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2017 Naked Stages Fellow Application Now Available!

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Pillsbury House Theatre Announces the Naked Stages Fellows 2016

The 2016 Naked Stages artists are Nadia Honary, Magnolia Yang Sao Yia and Shante’ Sojourn Zenith. Nadia has been doing multimedia … Read more…

Pillsbury House Theatre announces new director of Naked Stages program for 2016

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2016 Naked Stages artist application now available!

Naked Stages, a 9-month Jerome Fellowship for emerging performance artists at Pillsbury House Theatre, is now accepting applications for 2016. Three … Read more…

Announcing the 2015 Naked Stages Fellows

Congratulations to the 2015 Naked Stages fellows: Marisa R. Carr, Junauda Petrus, and Eliza Rasheed! Over the next 7 months, these artists will … Read more…

WHAT IS ?

Pillsbury House Theatre, with support from the Jerome Foundation, seeks to provide a mentorship opportunity for emerging performance artists in Minnesota.

Three emerging artists, funded by the Jerome Foundation, use multiple media, puppetry, storytelling, satire, and movement to present their work to the public.

A creative opportunity unlike any other in Minnesota, Naked Stages is the culmination of a 7 month training fellowship that provides three emerging performance artists with the time, resources, and mentorship they need to bring their distinctive visions to life on stage. In addition to regular feedback sessions, the artists participate in workshops with local creators, as well as more intensive workshops with nationally-renowned artists. Once a month, they also participate in production meetings focused on the business side of art, from audience development to technical support, helping to develop their unique voice into a sustainable, artistic career.

Naked Stages performances are the final step of a multi-layered program designed for artists to be their most bold and creative selves.

What is Performance Art?

Below is a summary adapted from the essay “Fluid Landscapes,” by Lois Keidan and Daniel Brine.

“Performance Art is not a singular form of art, but an umbrella term for work that pushes the boundaries of diverse disciplines. Disrupting borders, breaking rules, defying traditions, resisting definition, asking questions and activating audiences, Performance Art is a research engine where the limits of art and ideas are tested and new possibilities imagined.”

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2017 NAKED STAGES ARTISTS

Jessica Lopez Lyman

141 Mednik Avenue by Jessica Lopez Lyman Directed by Miré Regulus January 11 - 20, 2018 141 Mednik Avenue is ...
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Ritika Ganguly

All Exits Are Clearly Marked. by Ritika Ganguly Directed by Molly Van Avery January 11 - 20, 2018 A controversial ...
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Antonio Duke

Ashes of Moons By Antonio Duke Directed by James Austin Williams January 11 - 20, 2018 Ashes of Moons is an examination ...
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2016 NAKED STAGES ARTISTS

Magnolia Yang Sao Yia

she can be seen walking alone by Magnolia Yang Sao Yia December 8- 17, 2016 7:30 p.m. Thursdays - Saturdays ...
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Nadia Honary

Reflection. Revelation. Release. by Nadia Honary Installation Performances* Nov. 19, 2016 at 8:15 p.m.  (prior to the Late Nite Series) Dec. 8- ...
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Shante’ Sojourn Zenith

Vulneraries by Shante' Sojourn Zenith December 8- 17, 2016 7:30 p.m. Thursdays - Saturdays Vulneraries is a performative response to ...
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2015 NAKED STAGES ARTISTS

Eliza Rasheed

In-Between by Eliza Rasheed December 10-19, 2015 What does it mean to be a multiracial/multicultural/multilingual global nomad in the 21st ...
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Junauda Petrus

Waters, Sweet Red, and The Wild Glitter Transformation by Junauda Petrus December 10-19, 2015 In this performance-creation-transformation-installation, the recipes and ...
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Marisa R. Carr

Static by Marisa R. Carr December 10-19, 2015 In this original solo work, actor, playwright, and daughter of a cop ...
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2014 NAKED STAGES ARTISTS

B Billy Xiong

Ntov Ntoo by B Billy Xiong December 11 - 20, 2014 7:30 p.m. Thursdays - Saturdays Moments of family, love, ...
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PaviElle French

Runnin’ by PaviElle French December 11 - 20, 2014 7:30 p.m. Thursdays - Saturdays Runnin’ is an autobiographical, one-woman performance ...
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Eric F. Avery

 [Play]ing + (P) House by Eric F. Avery December 14, 2014 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Sunday This building-wide performance explores ...
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2013 NAKED STAGES ARTISTS

Moheb Soliman

A Great Lakes Vista by Moheb Soliman December 6, 7, 13, & 14, 2013 Part poetry, part performance, part installation, ...
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Zainab Musa

Habeas Corpus by Zainab Musa December 5, 6, 12, & 13, 2013 Habeas Corpus is a demonstration of physical freedom ...
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Emily Zimmer

3 Figures$ by Emily Zimmer December 5, 7, 12, & 14 Disaster doesn’t trickle down. It crashes. In 2008, banks ...
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2012 NAKED STAGES ARTISTS

Jeffry Lusiak

A.SM.IL.8 by Jeffry Lusiak December 12 - 15, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Performance artist Jeffry Lusiak weaves questions of assimilation ...
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Zoe Sommers Haas

DEVON by Zoe Sommers Haas directed by Maren Ward December 12-15, 2012, 7:30 p.m. Welcome to Devon’s world. Love him ...
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David T Steinman

BAGMAN by David T Steinman December 5 – 8, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. In the world of an airline baggage ...
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Ahanti Young

Aklound Sowell by Ahanti Young December 5 - 8, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Acclaimed actor and musician Ahanti Young brings ...
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2011 NAKED STAGES ARTISTS

Moe Lionel

IN AND OUT OF THE BODY by Moe Lionel December 7-10, 2011, at 7:30pm What do you do with facts ...
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Ephraim Eusebio

AUTOPILOT by Ephraim Eusebio November 30 - December 3, 2011, at 7:30 pm A CIA operative, pilot of an unmanned ...
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Max Wirsing

WE ALL DIED AND CAME BACK EASIER by Max Wirsing How much of our lives are a product of other ...
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Paulino Brener

DON’T CRY FOR ME by Paulino Brener December 7 - 10, 2011, at 7:30 pm A tall Argentine leaves his ...
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2010 NAKED STAGES ARTISTS

M. Cochise Anderson

METHODS OF MASS DECEPTION by M. Cochise Anderson December 8-11, 2010, at 7:30 pm Climb aboard the USS Illusion as ...
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Esther Ouray

THE HEBREW LESSON by Esther Ouray December 8-11, 2010, at 7:30 pm A “rite of return” about the right of ...
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Andrea Jenkins

BODY PARTS: REFLECTIONS ON REFLECTIONS by Andrea Jenkins December 1-4, 2010, at 7:30 pm This African-American transgender woman lives life ...
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Janaki Ranpura

YOUR HEART IS IN MY MOUTH by Janaki Ranpura December 1-4, 2010, at 7:30 pm In the midst of a ...
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2009 NAKED STAGES ARTISTS

Miré Regulus

KnotDrawn: My Goodness, the Milk, and the Daddy(body) by Miré Regulus Mentored by: Gabrielle Civil and Mankwe Ndosi New skills ...
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Kelley A Meister

Seducing Those Who Are Afraid by: Kelley A Meister directed by: Natalie (Nastalie) Bogira “Everyone feels queer in some sense ...
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Julian McFaul

DISAPPEARING TRICK by Julian McFaul Using live-action sculpture and a collection of semi-improvised rants on gravity, relativity and escape velocity, ...
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Julia Elizabeth Babb

A Fools Paradox by Julia E Babb A search for the ultimate question, A Fool’s Paradox is about being the ...
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All 2010 Naked Stages artist photos by Craig VanDerSchaegen. 2009 and 2011 photos by Ann Marsden.