“I come into a theater, okay, great. I know exactly what it is I’m supposed to do as an audience member, and I’m kind of like, how can we push against those scripts? And if we can start transgressing the scripts given to us in the theater, then how can we get comfortable enough with the discomfort of that to do that outside of the theater, too?”
“… Being Māori, I did not, when I was younger, even connect that with my practice. It’s become more and more important, but it was something that I grew up feeling not positive about. So, to feel like I can embrace that now has been a really beautiful process for me.”
“I’m working with whatever is in the room. I’m working with the day. I’m working with what I’m moving through personally. And what it feels like is going on in the world at the time.”
In partnership with the California Arts Council (CAC), Los Angeles Performance Practice is proud to serve as the Administering Organization for the Individual Artist Fellowships in Los Angeles County for the 2025–2027 cycle.
Los Angeles Performance Practice seeks an outstanding undergrad or spring 2026 grad to assist with administering the California Arts Council Independent Artist Fellowships.
Los Angeles Performance Practice is thrilled to be a recipient of a 2026 Infinite Expansion Grant from The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. The project we will be funding is Requiem: por las almas que nacen de la luna: a large-scale, immersive performance installation led by artist San Cha, with rafa esparza and Darian Donovan Thomas.