Hatched

Dee Dee Green is the Area Program Director for American Friends Service Committee’s Peace by Piece New Orleans program.  She is also a member of the New Orleans coalition Eye on Surveillance. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. COINTELSHOW runs 23-25 March.  Click here to reserve your tickets. For more information about Mondo Bizarro visit www.mondobizarro.org.  If you would like to support Hatched and other projects of ours, you can make a tax deductible donation today by clicking here.  

Renard Bridgewater is a New Orleans based musician (performing under the moniker Slangston Hughes), organizer and cultural advocate who works as the Community Engagement Coordinator for the Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans (MaCCNO).  He is also a member of the New Orleans coalition Eye on Surveillance. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. Click here for tickets to COINTELSHOW. For more information about Mondo Bizarro visit www.mondobizarro.org.    

This audio is an exploration of some of the waterways you will soon visit as part of A Studio in the Wood's event Floating Adaptations in Search of Invisible Rivers.   Floating Adaptations in Search of Invisible Rivers is conceived by Monique Verdin, Jeff Becker and Mondo Bizarro.  It is a search for the hidden histories of the land and water surrounding the 40 Arpent Wetlands Observatory, as well as an investigation about how we can learn to live with fluctuation, to live with uncertainty, to live in symbiosis with our increasingly watery world.  Music by Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes.   Visit Mondo Bizarro and sign up for our newsletter for updates.

Amelia Acosta Powell is the Associate Artistic Director of the Repertory Theater of St. Louis.   Previously she has worked as the casting director and artistic associate at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. and as line producer at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. For more information about Mondo Bizarro visit www.mondobizarro.org.

Jamil Jude is a director, producer, playwright, and dramaturg. He is currently the Artistic Director at Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia as well as the Co-Founder of The New Griots Festival.  Self-identifying as an "Artist Plus", Jamil feels most at home bringing socially relevant art to the community. Visit Mondo Bizarro for more information and to donate. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs.   

Imani Jacqueline Brown is a New Orleans native, artist, activist, researcher, and writer. Her work attempts to expose the layers of oppression, injustice, resistance, and refusal that make up the aggregate of our society's foundation stones. Imani received her Master of Arts in Research Architecture at the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is a co-founder of Blights Out, a collective of artists, activists, and architects working to demystify and democratize development in post-Katrina New Orleans. Visit Mondo Bizarro for more information and to donate. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. 

Larry Bogad is an author, performance artist/activist, professor at UC Davis, Director of the Center for Tactical Performance, and co-founder of the Clown Army.  His most recent performance, A FAIR FIGHT is a personal piece about his family history of bootlegging and klan-fighting in New York City and upstate New York.  Mondo Bizarro is also collaborating with Larry on a new version of his long-running performance, COINTELSHOW.   Visit Mondo Bizarro for more information and to donate. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. 

This episode our guests are Raymond Bobgan and the Cleveland Core Ensemble.  We sat down with Raymond, Faye and Darius when they were in town presenting Red Ash Mosaic at Catapult.   The Cleveland CORE Ensemble is currently creating a play - Masks of Flight - that will have its world premiere in the Spring as part of Cleveland Public Theatre’s 2019/2020 season. Visit Mondo Bizarro for more information and to donate. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. 

Kesha McKey is a New Orleans based choreographer, the artistic director of KM Dance Project and the chair of the Dance Department at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts.  She recently received NEFA’s National Dance Project award for her latest work Raw Fruit and an invitation to the Urban Bush Women’s Choreographic Center Initiative.  Visit Mondo Bizarro for more information and to donate. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. 

Bob Martin works primarily as a community theater artist and cultural organizer, producer and educator to support people and communities in transformative change.  Bob and his company Clear Creek Creative recently received NEFA’s National Theater Project award for the development and touring of Ezell: Ballad of a Land Man. Visit Mondo Bizarro for more information and to donate. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs.

Daniel Alexander Jones is an American performance artist, playwright, director, essayist and educator.  His performance alter-ego, Jomama Jones, has been at the center of several of his works, including Black Light, a critically acclaimed performance piece commissioned by Joe's Pub's New York Voices program.  Daniel is currently working on a book about his mentors called Waves.   Visit Mondo Bizarro for more information and to donate. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs.

Sage is a creative producer and cultural strategist, who recently became the Chief Architect of the Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute.  Based in New Orleans but working nationally, Sage’s work amplifies the intentions of her collaborators to create new strategies that intersect art, culture, community organizing and movement building to dismantle systems of oppression. Her company, Complex Movements recently received the United States Artist Award. Visit Mondo Bizarro for more information and to donate. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs.

Hatched Season 2 is here!  This is just a couple of brief announcements telling you what's been happening with Mondo Bizarro and what you can expect in season 2.   Visit Mondo Bizarro for more information and to donate. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs.

Tiffany Vega is a Creative Producer, Arts Administrator, and Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Facilitator.  She is a graduate of Columbia University's MFA program in Theater Management & Producing and was the General Manager of the Hip Hop Theater Festival in New York City.  She currently runs La Vega Management and is the Production/Tour Manager for Junebug Productions. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. Our sponsor is Dirty Coast.

Bonnie Gabel & indee mitchell are theater makers, community organizers and cultural historians.  They are company members of Last Call.  Most recently the co-directed Alleged Lesbian Activities. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. Our sponsor is Dirty Coast.

Blaise Pezold is an environmental specialist with the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.  He designs, implements and studies plant restoration and coastal renewal projects in Louisiana. Our sponsor is Dirty Coast. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs.  

Michael Cerveris is a Tony Award winning actor, musician and New Orleans Super Fan.   In addition to his many leading roles on Broadway, you may know him from his film and television work on such hits as Fringe or HBO’s Treme.  Today’s interview is hosted by Dan Pruksarnukul. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. This episode is sponsored by Dirty Coast.

Khari Allen Lee is the band leader for the New Creative Collective and one New Orleans' most sought after saxophone players. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. This episode is sponsored by Dirty Coast.

Zack Smith is a fine art and commercial portrait photographer who has been documenting the social, musical and cultural landscapes of Louisiana for the past 19 years.  Learn more about Zack via his website at www.ZackSmith.com. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs.   Learn more about Mondo Bizarro at www.mondobizarro.org.  

A Scribe Called Quess? is a poet, educator, actor, playwright and activist.  He's garnered a lot of recent attention for his work with Take 'Em Down NOLA which is an organization whose goal is the removal of all monuments to white supremacy in New Orleans.  Today's show is hosted by Dan Pruksarnukul. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs.