about us

JACK is an OBIE-winning 50-seat performance venue led by Alec Duffy and DeeArah Wright. Duffy founded JACK in 2012 in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn with several co-founders. We present over 200 theater, music and dance performances a year and hold community forums on racial justice, gentrification, and police/community relations. ​

Our mission is to fuel experiments in art and activism, collaborating with adventurous artists and our neighbors to bring about a just and vibrant society.  

JACK's original co-founders include Duffy, Mimi Lien, Steven Leffue, Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr., Nikaury Rodriguez, Prentice Onayemi, Ike Ufomadu, Amy Laird Webb, Jennifer Kidwell and Andreea Mincic. 

​We are a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.

Team
Alec Duffy, Co-Director
DeeArah Wright, Co-Director
Julia Gutiérrez-Rivera, Business Manager
James Forza, Venue Associate
​More info here.

Curator of Images // Landscapes dance series
Stacy Grossfield 

Music Curator Emeritus
Steven Leffue

Board Members
Lance Fensterman, Chair
Brittany Williams, Vice Chair
Keith Snode, Treasurer
Mimi Lien, Secretary
Norah Yahya
Thomas F. DeFrantz
Gail Rivers
Steven Leffue
​Alec Duffy
Dave Malloy

Co-founders
Alec Duffy
Mimi Lien
Steven Leffue
Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr.
Nikaury Rodriguez
Prentice Onayemi
Ike Ufomadu
Amy Laird Webb
Jennifer Kidwell
Andreea Mincic

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