CONCEIVED, WRITTEN, AND PERFORMED BY JOHN JARBOE
COMPOSITIONS BY EMILY BATE, JOHN JARBOE, DANIEL DE JESÚS, PAX RESSLER, BE STEADWELL
ARRANGEMENTS BY HEATH ALLEN, EMILY BATE, DANIEL DE JESÚS, PAX RESSLER, BE STEADWELL
DIRECTED BY MK TUOMANEN
MUSIC DIRECTION BY EMILY BATE
CO-PRESENTED BY CULTURAL DC
IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BEARDED LADIES CABARET
A TRUE STORY OF GENDER FEASTING, SET TO MUSIC

Once upon a vine, John Jarboe’s aunt revealed that John not only had a twin sister in the womb, but that John consumed her: “You ate her. That’s why you are the way you are.” This was a lot for John to swallow! In this musical shrine to the consumed twin, named Rose, John welcomes you into a feast of gender through song, storytelling, and a full plate of wordplay.

From a commission by Works & Process

ACCESSIBILITY PERFORMANCES

ASL INTERPRETED PERFORMANCES
Saturday, June 15th, 8pm
Sunday, June 23rd, 2pm

OPEN CAPTIONED PERFORMANCES
Wednesday, June 12th, 8pm
Friday, June 14th, 8pm

AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFORMANCES
Saturday, June 15th, 3pm
Saturday, June 22nd, 3pm

MASK REQUIRED PERFORMANCES
Sunday, June 16th, 2pm
Tuesday, June 18th, 8pm

TALK BACKS (IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING)
Golden Ticket Night Pre-Show Event:
Thursday, June 13th, 8pm

LGBTQ+ Affinity Night:
Friday, June 14th, 8pm

Matinee:
Sunday, June 23rd, 2pm
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Rose: You Are Who You Eat was developed during the fall of 2020 in a Works & Process bubble residency at Mount Tremper Arts, and immediately before the performance at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on June 20, 2021, in a Works & Process bubble residency at Bethany Arts Community, made possible by the Mellon Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Photo: Titus Ogilvie-Laing