Making its first landing at JACK, OYE! Avant-Garde Night is an annual festival curated by Modesto Flako Jimenez and devoted to the development of new performances by artists from Bushwick and surrounding areas. Brooklyn Gypsies, a multi-disciplinary performance collective that has a strong collaboration with JACK over the past two years, created OYE! as a platform to celebrate and share what is unique about Brooklyn's converging arts communities. Join the Gypsies for a night of eclectic theater, dance & film, with performances followed by music, conversation, food and dancing. This year’s performers include actor, writer and director A.B. Lugo, musician Laura Petit, singer and actor Mairys Joaquin, Karina Paez and dancer/choreographer Anna Peretz Rogovoy, among others.

TICKETS: $18 in advance, $20 at the door
 
FULL PROGRAM:
Daniel Ramirez & Yazmeen Vargas - Pressure on the Less Privilege 
Mariela Regalado - Dear Future
A Theatre Genesis - Dirty Bandanaband
Mairys Joaquin - Crazy
Karina Paez/Karburando Films - La Merienda
D. Bird - Last Son of San Juan
Laura Petit - Monologo de la Incertidumbre
Anna Rogovoy - How Difficult it is for One Body

Production Team:
Modesto Flako Jimenez - Curator 
Artem Yatsunov - Production Manager
Daniel Kent - Technical Director / Lighting Design
Nick E Finn - Marketing
Oander Big O Wilson - Host 
Deidrea Hamid - Production Assistant
kevin torres - Video Designer
 
Brooklyn Gypsies is an eclectic artist collective made up of New Yorkers both native and immigrant to our city. They present annual showcases of new work in theater, dance, poetry and film that spark dialogues on critical issues of immigration, economics, and urban survival, curating a mix of established and emerging artists and giving them a platform to explore complex issues in a stimulating environment. Brooklyn Gypsies is a playground to celebrate and share what is unique about Brooklyn's converging arts communities.

​photo credit: courtesy of the artist