The Divining: Community Processional
Pre-Event Processional
Friday, September 13, 2024, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Location: Beginning at The Apollo Stages at The Apollo
Divining the Living Waters: An Ecowomanist Imperative
EBONY NOELLE Golden, curator
The Divining: Ceremonies from in the name of the m/other tree is a series of activations, rituals and conversations devised to collectively source rituals, remedies and recipes for climate reparations and environmental justice through an intersectional framework guided by the following thematic imperatives: ceremony, culture, climate and creativity.
Divining is a work of intuition and strategy. It is an approach to deep listening and returning to sites of rupture and sanctuary to learn from and with the land. It is praxis of deep study and surrender to what is learned andI have learned through this process we can divine climate futures rich with justice for the planet and all who live here. Each conversation, interview, road trip, prayer and meal, each band rehearsal and script draft, swim in the ocean is an attunement readying the road for what we can collectively conjure. Ultimately, divining is an act of faith and fortitude.
The Divining: Ceremonies from in the name of the m/other tree, is an element of Watering (W)hole, Jupiter Performance Studio’s engagement cosmology that activates cultural organizing strategies with local communities committed to climate reparations and ecowomanist visions for living in harmony with the planet. After JPS’ Harlem season, the studio will launch its inaugural tour which take Ebony and Associate Artists to New Orleans, Louisiana; Utica, Mississippi; Ashfield, MA; and Durham, NC in 2025.
Audiences are invited to travel throughout Harlem in this walking processional with the cast of The Divining: ceremonies from in the name of the m/other tree and members of our community. Featuring micro-rituals, poetry and percussion audiences will be guided to sacred sites throughout Harlem ending at The Apollo Stages at The Victoria. Audiences are encouraged to wear white or blue.
Quickening: Ceremonies from In The Name Of The Mother Tree
Quickening at Inaugural Theatrical Jazz Conference
As part of Pillsbury House + Theatre’s Maker’s Series, Jupiter Performance Studio will bring Quickening: Ceremonies From In The Name Of The Mother Tree to the U of M’s Theatrical Jazz Aesthetic Conference. This inaugural conference hosted by the University of Minnesota and co-designed by PH+T runs June 13-15, 2024, and features workshops, panels, and performances creating connections across the field.
JPS is currently booking tour stops for In The Name Of The Mother Tree and our engagement platform Watering (W)hole. Contact: jupiterisfreedom@gmail.com for more information.
COMING SOON—CURE: a black/water immersion
We are thrilled to announce the next phase of our Watering (W)hole engagement cosmology with our community partner in the Berkshires!
Registration begins June 10, 2024 for CURE: a black/water immersion! Join Mumbet’s Freedom Farm and Jupiter Performance Studio for a week of ceremony, creativity and community building. CURE: a black/water immersion welcomes folks to explore land stewardship, ritual performance and ecowomanism through workshops, field trips and creative ceremony. Registration opens June 10 at jupiterperformancestudio.com. A limited amount of scholarships are available for accepted participants.
Registration: June 10-30
Program Dates: July 16-21
For info email jupiterisfreedom@gmail.com
From our souls to the ocean from the sky to the sea, the people and the land are forever free!
Holy Waters: a ceremonial sojourn
Holy Waters is a sojourn, is a ceremony of soil, water and story rooted in the lived experiences of rural southern folks in Mississippi. Devised as a dramaturgical road trip, the experience is designed to offer time and space for deep discovery, script development, embodiment and site exploration and ritual critical to the development of In The Name Of The Mother Tree.
black/water: The Harlem Immersion
This second virtual session will focuses on theories and practices forwarding environmental justice and climate reparations through a womanist lens. This session, will be a time to build and design projects and receive collective feedback on each students approach and design. For those interested in dropping into to our sessions (virtual and in person), please email jupiterisfreedom@gmail.com. All dates will be announced here.
black/water: The Harlem Immersion
The first virtual session will welcome the 2024 cohort. We will begin with orientation and a grounding into key topics and themes guiding the course. For those interested in dropping into to our sessions (virtual and in person), please email jupiterisfreedom@gmail.com. All dates will be announced here.
In The Name Of Development Intensive
Jupiter Performance Studio begins its 2024 season with a two week development intensive. Week two welcomed designers as we began to expand our vision into the theatre space that will house the world premiere of In The Name Of The Mother Tree. The week culminated in a table read of the most recent iteration of the script.
In The Name Of Development Intensive
Jupiter Performance Studio begins its 2024 season with a two week downtown/uptown development intensive.
NYTW Dartmouth Residency
Thank you to New York Theatre Workshop for providing a week of archival research and scene development in support of Jupiter Performance Studio’s on-going development of In The Name Of The Mother Tree (ITNO).
Featured Artist in photo: Ava McCoy as Teeny in ITNO.