Join the fellows of The Workshop, North America’s first arts fellowship centering the work of JOCISM (Jews of Color, Jewish-Indigenous, Sephardi, and Mizrahi) artists and culture-makers, for an evening of art and culture, as they present works-in-progress that interrogate, dissect, provoke, subvert, and play with the many angles of hybridity.
First Generation: A Memoir
An excerpt from Chapter Two: Tales of the Bard. This chapter is a visual, poetic, and sometimes humorous retelling of a Black, Queer, Jewish man's Spring Break 2010 in the Dominican Republic with his toxic father.
Luis Roberto Burgos (he/him) is a Neurodiverse Earthling based on Lenape Land, colonially known as New York City. He learned how to question at Phillips Exeter Academy and how not to question at Bard College. His photography is often based in literature while his writing is visual and sensory.
The Goldsmith
The Goldsmith is a treasury of stories woven through the golden jewelry that has been passed down through Sharone's family; across countries, borders, and generations.
Sharone Sayegh is an Israeli/Iraqi/American multi-disciplinary theater artist in NYC. As an actor she has performed in multiple Broadway shows, including Come From Away, the original Broadway cast of The Band’s Visit, and Mamma Mia! She has written and directed Off-Broadway and regionally, having worked at some of the most prestigious theaters in the country. To find out more about her work, visit www.sharonesayegh.com