Rose: You Are Who You Eat

An immersive performance-installation expresses the gender journey of cabaret artist, director, and writer John Jarboe, assisted by performance company The Bearded Ladies Cabaret and filmmaker and production designer Christopher Ash. The self-paced experience unfolds through a series of themed rooms that employ video, music, childhood artifacts, and images to embody Jarboe’s experiences and prompt audiences to reflect on their own relationships to gender. Live performances of poetry, music, and stories by other transgender and queer artists complement the installation, while a series of hands-on workshops explore costume making, gender, and memory.

The total grant amount represents project funding plus an additional 20% in unrestricted general operating support.