Guest edit: MAH WIFE, Emily Hawkins
“Back by popular demand, for one night only, I humbly present to you: Christmas in CDMX!
Bonus slide: introducing the newest member of our family, Kuromi (Romi) Cimino Hawkins 🫶
HNY!”
Looking back at day one in Milton. Hear from @laytonlamell , @dansthatman , and @cimeens on what it means to build this story from the ground up. Tickets to see #BobbieClearly on sale now at the link in bio.
y’all begged us for one more, so you got it. 😈
Texts From Our Parents is getting reprised one last time. and this time, we’re showing her in a bar. no rooftop views or amuse-bouche, just a full bar and some raw theatrical chaos.
10/9–your last chance to witness what some have called “the funniest thing they’ve seen in their lifetime”—Texts From Our Parents.
TICKET LINK IN BIO 💖🔗
“Hi! Our computer was hacked this morning.” “I suppose you know this but Lady Gaga has returned!” “What are those packets that the cats lick called?”
Undoubtedly common texts to receive from ones’ parents!
But what if you were to witness a piece of theatre where the entirety of the dialogue was comprised solely of texts from parents? Your fave sibling duo, Justin and Cat Cimino, are teaming up for one night only to give you exactly that. After weeeks of sifting through every text they’ve ever received from their incredible, hilarious, brilliant parents, The Cimino Sibs bring you: Texts From Our Parents—a strange, funny, heartfelt short play about two estranged siblings who reunite at a funeral and sort through some shit.
The night includes drinks and light fare at cocktail hour, a reading of a new piece unlike anything you’ve seen before, and some tunes and chats to follow as we keep the drinks and vibes flowing.
This event is a fundraiser for BABY: a short film, written by Cat Cimino, set to premiere and hit the festival circuit in 2026.
Link in bio for more info!
📸 the incredible @caballeropictures
Seeing @manniemendez and @bfol__ work together on stage is something I can’t quite describe. I really don’t have the words yet—I hope I do soon. Add @maccallisterbyrd to the mix, and we’ve got something special here.
Every day in rehearsal we’ve been stunned into these moments of stillness by Pass Over—by its softness and brutality, its timelessness.
This play, these actors, this brilliant design team (@hays_ways@alexncg@fedeborlenghi@nataliamarurzua ), really deserve to be seen. I hope you’ll get your tickets at the link in my bio—we run Sept 12-14 only.
My first major attempt at making indie theater in NYC post-pandemic—the task feels pretty nearly out of reach. But dangit—we’re trying to keep a small flame alive! (1st graphic by Amanda Johnson + 2nd graphic by @alexapcreates )
Have wanted to do a solo show for a long time. Then after the pandemic I didn’t wanna be solo anymore, and I got back in the room with an ensemble. Continued to work on my show about Death, a subject I’ve been reading articles and books about and listening to podcasts about and watching movies about and talking to people about for nearly 10 years.
For the past 10 months I’ve been working on this Death Show, and for 10 days the ensemble and I have been in residency at @3amtheatre refining that show, and we’d like to invite you into the space to see a workshop presentation. (Ticket link in bio) This is scary for me and all of us. But at least we will be together!!!
"Remember You Must Die" is presented at 3AM under their “Boundless Motion" residency program, which offers performing artists 20 hours to develop a new work or revise and revisit existing work.
Created by Justin Cimino, in collaboration with the ensemble: @jacobburruby@morganchewbee@yuka.taga@manniemendez@thecarrief
Directed by Justin Cimino. Assistant Directed by @toddestrinphotography
For over 3 years, I’ve struggled to figure out how to come back to making theater with a group of people in a space again.
That whole time, I held on to this quote from Quiara Alegría Hudes, about the kind of theater she wants to see in a post-pandemic world:
“I want rough spaces. I want surprising spaces. Spaces where I don’t necessarily know what I will experience when I show up. I crave theater made out of the rough-hewn stuff of our lives. A theater of junk and reclaimed nooks. A theater of secrecy and sacredness and participatory respect. A theater where we earn our experience by shedding complacency. A theater that no one in their right mind could label content.”
A few months ago I finally felt ready— simply getting beloved collaborators in a space again–to mess around. To keep it simple. I looked to a devising process I had been designing and testing before the pandemic, and realized it exemplified a lot of what Hudes is talking about.
In less than 3 weeks, 4 amazing collaborators— @liabonfilio@kristankellybrown@dremurillo@justajuggla — and I have used this process to create a piece of theater based on the true story of the 1984 kidnapping of world-class biathlete Kari Swenson in Montana.
We built it all from scratch, mostly using a bunch of junk I keep in a suitcase. It's gonna be wild, weird, messy, risky, vulnerable, and big-hearted—the only way I know how to/want to do the thing—I really hope you’ll come see!
Link in bio for tix—sold out tonight—seats avail for Thurs and Fri!
I’ve built this Summer High School Acting Program @terryknickerbockerstudio and am so proud of it. Look at these incredible teachers!! Please tell all the HS Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors in your lives about this awesome program happening this July, where they’ll be able to cultivate their unique artistic voices. More info in my bio!
Here are several pics Emily has taken of her hand and her ring over the past few days. I catch her just staring at it and smiling every now and then. It seems like it makes her hugely happy. (Why shouldn’t it? She picked it out. Of course she did—she knows what she likes and wants.) Seeing her so full of joy these past few days—it makes my heart explode. I think we will live to make each other happy.
(Phew—that 👆sounds pretty freaking cool!)
💓 @emsh___
