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“It’s an encouragement for folks to think about the stories we’re telling ourselves, the stories that we accept, the realities we accept, and maybe pushing if not demanding people to try to change those realities any way they can.”
-Nia-Amina Minor in our Artist Interview
Antiq by Nia-Amina Minor and Black Ends (, .ends, , ) as part of Northwest New Works 2026.
NW New Works 2026 | June 4-6, 7pm
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“We’ve been able to create a lot of space for our collaboration. If one of us has an idea we see where that goes and we can ease into that.”
-Mare Hirsch in our Artist Interview
gig // assembly by Meysha Harville & Mare Hirsch () as part of Northwest New Works 2026.
NW New Works 2026 | June 4-6, 7pm
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“I’m really fortunate to be collaborating with Black Ends. They’re amazing local artists… new collaborations feel like new friendships.”
-Nia-Amina Minor in our Artist Interview
Antiq by Nia-Amina Minor and Black Ends (, .ends, , ) as part of Northwest New Works 2026.
NWNW 2026 | June 4-6, 7pm
Tonight’s show is almost sold out but we'll have some rush tickets as needed.
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06/05/2026
NWNW 2026 is almost sold out! We'll have some rush tickets available as needed but they'll go fast so get your tickets now to catch these amazing local works:
“Elegy for a Former Best Friend” by Swim Pony ()
“gig // assembly” by Mare Hirsch () & Meysha Harville
“Surface Tension” by Undercurrent ()
“whole” by Tariq Mitri ()
“The Identity Ball-Gown” by Naomi Deckard ()
“Antiq” By Nia-Amina Minor and Black Ends (, .ends, , )
NW New Works 2026 | June 4-6, 7pm
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05/08/2026
In ’s How Do I Look? she addresses that vain, mundane question, digging past glossy platitudes and flattering exaggerations into the hot mess of perception, subjectivity, identity and taste. It throws itself into the space, sometimes a chasm, between how we see ourselves and how the world sees us.
Come see How Do I Look?
May 7-9, 2026
By Monique Jenkinson
Fauxnique – Performance
Monique Jenkinson – Conception, Creation, Choreography, Writing, Direction
Jesse Hewit – Dramaturgy, Co-direction
Del Medoff – Lighting Design
Marc Kate – Sound Design
Tickets available in bio!
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5/8) - Dance and Drag
“I use dance and drag to explore this very contested, very multiplicities concept we call femininity. How Do I look is more in the realm of contemporary dance and contemporary art that allows me to slow down, inquire, get weird, get funky, get inquisitive in different ways.”
Come see How Do I Look?
May 7-9, 2026
By
Fauxnique – Performance
Monique Jenkinson – Conception, Creation, Choreography, Writing, Direction
Jesse Hewit – Dramaturgy, Co-direction
Del Medoff – Lighting Design
Marc Kate – Sound Design
Tickets available in bio!
Artist Interviews series led by
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“Being perceived is a fact and being understood is a luxury. The distance between how we see ourselves and how the world might see us, making art inside of that is necessary.”
Come see How Do I Look?
May 7-9, 2026
By
Fauxnique – Performance
Monique Jenkinson – Conception, Creation, Choreography, Writing, Direction
Jesse Hewit – Dramaturgy, Co-direction
Del Medoff – Lighting Design
Marc Kate – Sound Design
Tickets available in bio!
Artist Interviews series led by
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04/30/2026
IT’S FINALLY HERE!
We’ve been working steadily away to fold the feedback from our generous community into a clear, actionable Strategic Plan and could not be more grateful to everyone who helps us be who we are.
Thank you in particular to the 291 artists, staff, board, and audience members, patrons and peers who shared so generously with us through this process.
Thank you to Andy Fife Consulting for helping us navigate the enormity of this work.
There will be much more to share in the coming days, weeks, years...and we are thrilled with what we have in store.
Visit our website for a deeper read. ❤️
04/29/2026
Monique Jenkinson, creator of the upcoming show How Do I Look? at On The Boards, published a memoir-in-essays entitled “Faux Queen: A Life in Drag” in 2022.
Amelia Williams of SFGate described these essays as a recounting of “a Gen-X upbringing that prepared her for San Francisco's drag world and the q***r communities from which it sprang and continues to evolve.”
Come see the latest evolution of Monique’s self-exploration and creative expression in her newest work:
How Do I Look?
May 7-9, 2026
By
Fauxnique – Performance
Monique Jenkinson – Conception, Creation, Choreography, Writing, Direction
Jesse Hewit – Dramaturgy, Co-direction
Del Medoff – Lighting Design
Marc Kate – Sound Design
Tickets available in bio!
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