ABOUT THE 2026 NAKED STAGES FELLOWS

CAROL TRINDADE

Project:
A Body in a State of Transition is a somatic performance inspired by The Madman by Khalil Gibran, offering a reinterpretation of the text through movement and embodied practice. The work follows a figure who sheds the identities performed for the world and is labeled “mad” as a result.

Through a Butoh-informed physical language, the piece moves through states of alienation, rupture, and clarity, tracing the fragile boundary between performance and truth. It unfolds as a spiritual and philosophical inquiry into identity, perception, and the existential tension between authenticity and social expectation.

Bio:
Carol Trindade is a Brazilian-born performance artist whose work blends Butoh, clowning, and physical theater into an evocative, somatically driven practice. Originally from Curitiba, her artistic journey began at a young age performing as a clown while living in a favela.

She studied technical theater at Colégio Estadual do Paraná and contemporary dance at Casa Hoffmann, later co-founding Arcology Zero—an experimental arts organization in Brazil that integrates housing, studio space, and artist residencies for emerging creatives.

Drawing from Butoh, contemporary dance, and lived experience, Carol creates work that is poetic, spiritual, and deeply embodied. Her performances, often improvisational in nature, explore themes of identity, control, memory, and resilience. Her work has been presented across the United States, Europe, and South America, in both public spaces and digital formats.

SAYGE CARROLL

Project:
This project weaves together a body of original songs, a ritual “recipe book” developed through Sayge’s practice, and a collection of handmade clay instruments—including flutes, udu drums, and percussion pieces. Drawing on a long-standing engagement with ceramics, installation, and community-based art, the work explores how music, ritual action, and clay can create a performative world.

The clay instruments are central: objects formed from the earth that come alive through breath and touch, embodying a relationship between body and material that the performance seeks to deepen. Structured through a series of ritual actions—gestures, ceremonies, and prompts around memory, loss, and transformation—the piece imagines the stage as a living environment where clay, sound, and human bodies interact. Objects are made, played, broken, and remade, inviting audiences into an evolving process of creation and change.

Bio:
Sayge Carroll is a maker of worlds—both in clay and in life. A mother, sister, daughter, and friend, she moves through her communities with warmth, humor, and grounded creativity. Guided by curiosity and care, Sayge builds spaces—physical, emotional, and communal—where people feel welcomed, seen, and invited to show up as their full selves.

A multidisciplinary artist rooted in ceramics and community practice, her work is shaped by rhythm, intuition, and the joy of making. Whether carving clay, composing music, dancing in the kitchen, or dreaming up new ideas, she brings a deep sense of play, purpose, and possibility to everything she touches.

PAIGE OYALEKE REYNOLDS

Project:
Paige’s upcoming performance will be a ritual-based work that interweaves masquerade, textile art, and ancestral performance traditions. Rooted in Hoodoo and New Afrikan Vodun, their piece will serve as a container for sensual, communal healing and spiritual reclamation—especially for queer and trans Black people navigating diaspora and displacement.

Bio:
Paige Oyaleke Reynolds (they/them), also known as Mabolé Inawale, is a queer, gender-shapeshifting, transdisciplinary artist and ritualist. Their practice draws from ancestral arts and liberatory traditions across the African diaspora. A practitioner of Hoodoo and an initiate in New Afrikan Vodun, Paige’s art exists at the intersection of spiritual practice, abolitionist organizing, and cultural masquerade. They hold a certificate in Masquerade Design and have created public sanctuaries such as The Other Side House, a refuge for Black femmes and gender non-conforming people. Paige also supports community as a full-spectrum birthworker and through networks like REP for MN and Birth Revolution.

ABOUT NAKED STAGES

Naked Stages is a 7-month intensive program that provides early career performance artists with financial support, mentorship, and development time to create new solo works. Under the direction of Masanari Kawahara and with major support from the Jerome Foundation, the program continues to be a vital incubator for boundary-breaking performance.

Performance Dates:
November 13, 14, 15
November 19, 20, 21
All shows begin at 7:00 PM
Location: Pillsbury House + Theatre

We are committed to ensuring audience safety and will continue to monitor and respond to public health guidelines as needed.

More Info:
612-825-0459

ABOUT PILLSBURY HOUSE + THEATRE

From the Makers Series to Chicago Avenue Project and Naked Stages, Pillsbury House + Theatre brings audiences closer—to the edge, to the actors, to affordable adventurous theatre, to fellow audience members, and to a strong, vibrant community. Now in its 33rd year, the theatre continues to inspire enduring change toward a just society. An integral part of Pillsbury United Communities, one of the largest human services organizations in the state, PH+T demonstrates that the highest quality art is an integral part of all healthy communities—earning community trust, accolades, and awards across the metro and nationally.