12/31/2025
We have been approached by mainstream media outlets, including CNN & the Washington Post, with “questions” intended to bully us into canceling the OCTOBER 7 performance at the Kennedy Center on January 28.
Just to be absolutely clear:
We will NOT be canceling. Full statement is below; link to tickets in our bio.
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The OCTOBER 7 play will absolutely be on stage on January 28th.
Good riddance to these taxpayer-funded cosplaying rebels. They seem to think producing art is about them feeling comfortable and cozy. Artists should always go where they feel uncomfortable, even unwanted—if they want to change the world, that's where they should be, instead of speaking into their taxpayer-funded echo chamber.
These performative walkouts are for their friends and funders—they don't care about the wider audience or creating new audiences. And they wonder why so many theaters are struggling? Even their friends are bored with the woke, cliched, and hectoring art they are producing. "Doug Varone and Dancers," the New York dance company, said their walkout was "morally exhilarating."
That's very telling.
They create to make themselves feel better, not the audience.
We create to bring the truth to the audience. Good to see them leave the stage. It leaves more stage time for the rest of us who want to produce genuine art.
We are already thinking about future events at the Kennedy Center.
Phelim McAleer & Ann McElhinney
