Linda LaBeija Interviews the La MaMa Squirts Curators

Each year, La MaMa’s Squirts gathers the most exciting voices from New York City’s queer performance world, across the generations. This year, three trans women artists with deep community roots will each craft a night of the festival, marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising.

Linda LaBeija of the House of LaBeija interviewed our three curators -- Cecilia Gentili, Charlene Incarnate and Mizz June -- about their artistic visions and the larger place of trans narratives in the cultural landscape.

Friday, May 31 at 7PM
Curated by Cecilia Gentili

Featuring: 

Julia Rose, Ash RT Yergens, Auset Bennu aka AB, Linda Labeija

Argentinian-American activist and actress Cecilia Gentili kicks things off with an evening of performance and storytelling by trans artists. Gentili learned about Stonewall under the Argentinian dictatorship of the 70s and 80s, and her curation is inspired by what she learned from U.S. LGBT culture during repressive times. 

Saturday, June 1 at 7PM
Curated by Mizz June

Featuring: 

Mizz June, Princess Sasha Fierce, and The Violence. 

Hosted by drag ally Banjela Davis, with a presentation by FIERCE! NYC and very special guest Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

Mizz June presents a night of hip-hop, R&B, punk rock, and PRIDE from established and up-and-coming trans women of color artists. Tonight, it's FEMMES FIRST. 

Sunday, June 2 at 7PM
Curated by Charlene Incarnate

Featuring: 

Remy Black, Image Object, Lucia Honey, and more

Charlene Incarnate curates an all-transgender and non-binary showtunes review. Timeless Broadway material from fraught moments in American history will be reinvigorated by the trans bodies performing today, under a neo-fascist regime in America. As an intergenerational link between queers and dreamers in NYC, musicals help our communities see where we’ve been and where we’re going. 

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La MaMa presents

La MaMa's Squirts: 
Generations of Queer Performance

May 31 - June 2, 2019 

The Ellen Stewart Theatre @ La MaMa

66 East 4th Street

(between Bowery and Second Avenue)

New York, NY 10003

FREE ADMISSION

For Reservations and Info: CLICK HERE

La MaMa's Squirts 2018 Lineup Announced

For the 2018 edition of La MaMa's Squirts, Helix Queer Performance Network gathers some of the most exciting voices from New York City’s queer performance world, across the generations. Over three nights, three curators sculpt the fabric of queer community to pose questions, honor legacies and ignite the present:

FRIDAY, JUNE 8TH AT 7PM: Q(HERE)MAGIQUE

Curated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa

Q(here)magiQue

thinking on my feet

thought and motion

thought emotion

thought(y) motion

Q(here)magiQue is an evening of improvisation, manifesting multidimensional queer space for queer spirituality, casting spells through dance and the word.

Featuring Artists:

Antonio Ramos

iele paloumpis

Jasmine Hearn

Madison Krekel

SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH AT 7PM: THE LABEIJA SHOWCASE

Curated by Linda LaBeija

You can glimpse the House of LaBeija in great films like The Queen and Paris Is Burning, but in The LaBeija Showcase, peek into the life and history of the House and where it is today, with an evening of collaborative, devised theater. Through vogue and modern movement, original music, and lip sync performances, bear witness to the performative talents and fashions of this iconic collective. Learn who they are and learn what they stand for. Learn it and learn it well!

Featuring:

Rozay LaBeija

NYC Father Legendary Freddie LaBeija

Krystal LaBeija

Yum Yum LaBeija

Egyptt LaBeija

and more

SUNDAY, JUNE 10TH AT 7PM: FOUR QUESTIONS

Curated by Shannon Matesky

Shannon Matesky, creator and curator of Queer Abstract, curates an evening of theatrical performances highlighting queer artists as they grapple with four pivotal questions in honor of Nina Simone's “Four Women”.

Featuring work by:

Regie Cabico

Gary Champi

Aviva Jaye

Ni'Ja Whitson

Shannon Matesky

Tickets now on sale, including La MaMa 10@$10 Tickets for each night!

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La MaMa presents

La MaMa's Squirts

A Helix Queer Performance Network Event

June 8 - 10, 2018 

Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7pm

The Downstairs @ La MaMa

66 East 4th Street

New York, NY 10003

For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE

Winter 2017 @ La MaMa

Winter is HOT at La MaMa!  Shows include:

La MaMa Squirts 2017: Generations of Queer Performance

COIL 2017: Real Magic, Meeting & Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster

Pavel Zuštiak and Palissimo Company's Bastard (The Painted Bird: Part 1) and Custodians of Beauty

AdA: Author Directing Author written & directed by Neil LaBute, Marco Calvani and Marta Buchaca

Culturehub's Hi-Fi | Wi-Fi | Sci-Fi by Robert Patrick

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot directed by Estelle Parsons

Benghazi – Bergen-Belsen

Talking Band's The Room Sings

Browse our digital brochure here.

Tickets now on sale, including La MaMa 10 @ $10 Tickets for all shows!

January is Hot 3 and 6-show packages available for selected shows in January!

La MaMa Winter 2016 Brochure!

Our Winter Brochure is LIVE!

The Winter season includes:

MDLSX by Motus

La MaMa Squirts 2016: New Voices in Queer Performance

Yesterday Tomorrow by Annie Dorsen (part of COIL)

Imagining The Imaginary Invalid by Mabou Mines and Trick Saddle

Burnished By Grief: A Romantic Comedy by Talking Band

To the left of the pantry and below the sugar shack by Harunalee Theater Company

The New World Symphony: Dvořák in America by Czech-American Marionette Theatre

and much, much more!

SQUIRTS makes Time Out's Hot List (at #1)!

Time Out New York puts La MaMa's Squirts at the top of it's Hot List this week!

"trains the spotlight on boundary-pushing young queer artists" 

Tickets are going fast!

La MaMa presents

A Helix Queer Performance Network Event 

La MaMa 

Squirts 2015

New Voices in Queer Performance 

Curated and Hosted by Dan Fishback 

January 16 - 25, 2015

Fridays and Saturdays @ 10pm; Sundays @ 6pm

The Club @ La MaMa

74A East 4th Street

(between Bowery and Second Avenue)

New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $18 Adults; $13 Students & Seniors; ten tickets for every performance are available for only $10 - first come, first served - in advance only!

For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE

Next Magazine Talks to Dan Fishback

NEXT Magazine's Mark Dommu interviews La MaMa Squirts curator Dan Fishback in the current issue:

"I came up in the bars and clubs—that’s my root. And I love a dirty stage with a loud, drunk audience, partially because some of the best art lives there. But I also love a proper theater, and tech that doesn’t fuck up. I don’t see any competition between these places—quite the opposite: Theater doesn’t function without a vital performance underground, and the underground is elevated when its stars get to explore the possibilities of theater. To me, this isn't about “institutional approval,” it’s about serving artists by letting them unfurl their wings." 

Read the full piece HERE

And get tickets to La MaMa Squirts 2015 now!  Some 10@$10 tickets still available!

La MaMa presents
A Helix Queer Performance Network Event 
La MaMa 
Squirts 2015
New Voices in Queer Performance 
Curated and Hosted by Dan Fishback

January 16 - 25, 2015
Fridays and Saturdays @ 10pm; Sundays @ 6pm

The Club @ La MaMa
74A East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $18 Adults; $13 Students & Seniors; ten tickets for every performance are available for only $10 - first come, first served - in advance only!

For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE

La MaMa's 2015 SQUIRTS Lineup Is Announced

La MaMa's Squirts has announced their lineup for 2015.  Curated and Hosted by Dan Fishback, Squirts once again teams up two generations of artists each evening to celebrate the legacy of community theatrics, multiple generations of queer genius, and the precocious audacity of the millennial mind.

SQUIRTS 2015 stars Aye Nako, Darkmatter, Joe Castle Baker, Kia Labeija, Taja Lindley at every performance!

Featuring Guests of Honor:

Jan 16 - Linda Simpson 

Jan 17 - Reno

Jan 18 - Pamela Sneed 

Jan 23 - Holly Hughes 

Jan 24 - Ishmael Houston-Jones 

Jan 25 - Overall Father Derrick "Pop Dip" Labeija 

And Guest Squirts: 

Jan 16 - Charlene & Yaya McKoy  

Jan 17 - Jes Tom & Morgan M Page 

Jan 18 - Audrey Zee Whitesides & J Mase III 

Jan 23 - Leah James and Mars Hobrecker & Sabina Ibarrola

Jan 24 - Sparklez & Tinker Coalescing  

Jan 25 - Kiyan Williams & Marcos Duran 

La MaMa presents

A Helix Queer Performance NetworkEvent

La MaMa's 

Squirts 2015

Curated and Hosted by Dan Fishback

Helix is a collaboration between La MaMa, BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange and the Hemispheric Institute of Performance & Politics.

January 16 - 25, 2015

Fridays & Saturdays: 10pm; Sundays: 6pm

Tickets: $18 Adults; $13 Students/Seniors; ten tickets priced at $10 each are available for every performance, in advance only, via web, phone or at the box office - not available day of show.

The Club @ La MaMa

74A East 4th Street

(Between Bowery and Second Avenue)

New York, NY 10003

Tickets now on sale: CLICK HERE

La MaMa Squirts Return Tonight!

Beginning tonight, January 3rd, 2014 - curator and host Dan Fishback rallies the brashest new voices of the queer stage for a peak into the future of underground, revolutionary queer art-making. Ranging from drag and cabaret to spoken word and theater, each of these young artists take cues from their predecessors while reinventing their forms through the singular weirdness of their own individual visions.

Each night of SQUIRTS will also feature a guest legend – an established icon of the queer performance world. Join multiple generations of queer performers as we celebrate the legacy of downtown theatrics and the precocious audacity of the millennial mind.

STARRING:
Ariel “Speedwagon” Federow
Dane Terry
Kirya Traber
Man Meat Collective
Untitled Queen

SPECIAL GUESTS:
January 3rd: Penny Arcade and Kia LaBeija, Stephen Ira
January 4th: Split Britches and Janani Balasubramanian, Leo Gugu
January 5th: Flotilla Debarge and Merrie Cherry, Connor Donahue & Carlo Maria
January 10th: Jack Waters & Peter Cramer and Juliana Huxtable, Bryn Kelly
January 11th: Susana Cook and Gabriel Sahyoun, Red Durkin
January 12th: Arthur Aviles and Dominic Bradley, Glittered & Mauled

The Helix Queer Performance Network is a collaboration between La MaMa E.T.C., BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange, and the Hemispheric Institute of Performance & Politics www.helixqpn.org

La MaMa Experimental Theater Club Presents
A Helix Queer Performance Network Event
LA MAMA’S SQUIRTS: 
New Voices in Queer Performance

January 3 – January 12, 2014

Tickets: $15 Adults; $10 Students/Seniors; There are still a few 10 @ $10 tickets for some performances - in advance only - first come, first served.

For tickets and info: Click Here