PRESENTED WITH Red Eye Collective
Designs By Søren: Lighting Designer, Festival Coordinator
In Holy Doña, choreographer and draglesque queen Doña Pepa reimagines the crucifixion as a queer performance ritual. Doña Pepa draws on their experience in Catholic school and seminary, while mining the theatricality of drag, burlesque, and Catholic mass. Along with a powerful ensemble of performers, they exorcise repression in a search for full individual expression. Doña Pepa must be crucified for her piggy sins to be pardoned in this high-contrast spectacle.
Direction and choreography: Pedro Pablo Lander, in collaboration with the performers
Performers: Lelis Brito, Genevieve D. Johnson, Pedro Lander, Sharon Picasso, Tim Rehborg, Kim Schneider
Visual architecture: Jess Kiel-Wornson
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