James Clements News

What Will the Neighbors Say? has announced that they will revive their beloved Neighborhood Watch Digital Arts Series in collaboration with the Queens Public Library and Queens Memory Project for a free, three-part Memoir Intensive, presented by the QPL Cambria Heights branch.

What Will the Neighbors Say? has announced that Co-Founding Co-Artistic Director Jorge Morales Picó is stepping down at the end of their current season. Between now and August, Morales Picó will be remaining on the Board of Directors along with fellow Co-Artistic Directors James Clements, Ana Cristina DaSilva and Sam Hood Adrain.

What Will the Neighbors Say? has announced they are pairing with THE CITY, a nonprofit news organization covering New York City, for their annual winter community arts event. WWTNS? will curate a free public writing workshop, 'Writing Your Grief and Celebrating Life,' as part of THE CITY'S 'MISSING THEM' virtual memorial event.

After weeks of working with Palm Beach Opera and Whole Vibes, the Interability Chorus, made up of adults with disabilities and special needs, presents a collaborative digital performance of a?oeThis is Mea?? from the popular film a?oeThe Greatest Showman.a?? 

What Will the Neighbors Say? has announced programming for the first half of their 2020-2021 season.

What Will the Neighbors Say? is thrilled to announce they have been selected to be the resident theatre company at CUNY Queens College Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance over the next two years.

What Will the Neighbors Say? has announced a new date for their fundraiser, Casa Abierta, a digital variety event to raise funds for 'Bakeo pa' sobrevivir: Alcancía Brigada Cuir,' an Emergency fund ran by Espicy Nipples, la Sombrilla Cuir and House of Grace.

What Will the Neighbors Say? is thrilled to announce they are pairing with Puerto Rican LGBTQIA+, trans, non-binary and anti-racist art collective, House of Grace, for Casa Abierta, a digital fundraiser.

After the success of their first month of programming, which served hundreds of patrons across Europe, the United States and South America, the What Will the Neighbors Say? team has announced the extension of the 'Neighborhood Watch' Digital Arts Series, now extended to run every Wednesday in May through Zoom, and likely beyond.

In this time of global crisis and uncertainty, the What Will the Neighbors Say? team, like everyone else, is trying to make sense of our current reality.

What Will the Neighbors Say? is thrilled to officially announce their first cohort of resident artists. All of these incredible artists have worked with the company for many years, and Co-Artistic Directors James Clements, Ana Cristina da Silva, Sam Hood Adrain and Jorge Morales Picó are overjoyed to be formally welcoming them into the WWTNS? Family. Joining the company is Resident Documentarian Pablo Caldéron-Santiago, Resident Lighting Designer Elizabeth M. Stewart and Resident Production Designer Johanna Pan.

What Will the Neighbors Say? opened the workshop production of their multi-media devised chorepoem 'Agua, Vida y Tierra' at MITU580, the home of Theatre Mitu. Take a look at photos from opening night below!

James Clements is an artist of many talents, fearlessly tackling the issues through art. His latest piece, developed with Sophia Frank, is MEDEA/BRITNEY. We took a moment to speak with Clements about the upcoming show, see what he had to say about how it's all coming together!

Experimental Bitch Presents is excited to announce the creative team for the workshop production of interdisciplinary performance piece, In the Kitchen, playing this October. The production will inaugurate the company's 2019-2020 season in residence at Access Theater. Performances will be held on October 25th at 8pm, October 26th at 8pm, and October 27th at 4pm, in the Gallery at Access Theater, 380 Broadway New York, NY 10013. Tickets are available at ExperimentalBitchPresents.com.

What Will the Neighbors Say? is thrilled to announce our second bi-annual symposium, 'Agency in Storytelling.' The symposium is being produced by WWTNS? in association with Becky Abramowitz and Kori Rushton of IRT Theatre, who will host the event. The symposium will consider who can, and should, tell which stories - on stage and screen, in literature and through visual art. The discussion will examine the intersection of privilege, visibility and influence, and how that directly affects the access and space given to certain stories and their stakeholders. The symposium will be held on Wednesday October 9th, 2019 at 7pm at IRT Theatre, located at 154 Christopher St, New York, NY 10014. Tickets are pay what you wish, and are available at www.irttheater.org. Following the discussion, there will be a reception with the panellists at the venue with an open bar which all patrons are welcome to attend.

James Clements and Sophia Frank have announced that they are remoutning their multi-media performance project, MEDEA/BRITNEY, four years on from its public debut in 2015. Clements and Frank will return as Co-Producers on the project, along with Pablo Calderón-Santiago. Clements will re-imagine the show as both writer and director, along with his co-creator, Frank, who will once again play the two titular characters. Filmmaker, photographer and performer Calderón-Santiago will design all technical and production elements. The re-imagining of MEDEA/BRITNEY will be presented as a Mainstage Production as part of FringeClub at the Nuyorican Poets Café, 236 E 3rd St, New York, NY 10009. Performances will take place on October 14th-16th at 7.45pm. FringeClub is part of the New York City Fringe's 2019 BYOV festival. Tickets will go on sale in the coming weeks.

What Will the Neighbors Say? is thrilled to announce the creative team for the workshop production of their upcoming devised project, Agua, Vida y Tierra, this November. The production will officially inaugurate the company's 2019-2020 season at MITU580, the new home of the renowned Theatre Mitu company, in Gowanus. The performances will be held on November 15th and 16th at 7.30pm and November 17th at 3pm at MITU580, 580 Sackett St, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Tickets will go on sale next month, and full casting will be announced in the coming weeks.

What Will the Neighbors Say? (www.wwtns.org) hosted a gala benefit on Wednesday July 3rd at 198 Allen Street to raise funds for PERIOD (www.period.org), an organization working to alleviate period poverty in the United States.

Fresh off a successful run Off-off Broadway, Between the Threads will play at the Pozez JCC of Northern Virginia with only two performances on June 16. The production is directed by Coral Cohen who also conceived the piece, and features original music by Violinist Zoe Aqua. The extremely limited run features an all-female-identified cast who helped develop the piece, and creative team.