Judy Dworin Performance Project, Inc.

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"Although I knew it was a show, I had no idea what to expect. Heck, even if someone had described it to me in detail I wouldn’t have really known what to expect, not of them. What came to pass was the last thing I expected - empathy, deep-aching heart-breaking empathy." A young woman from Yale happened to be working on a fellowship at York Correctional Institution the same day as our residency culmination performance. This short story about her experience that day has recently won the 2010 Richard Spears, MD, Memorial Essay Contest. Read Dr. Martin's full story, 'Signposts'... Welcome to the new Judy Dworin Performance Project website. This redesign has been an exciting endeavor for us, and we hope you'll find new ways to connect with the art making, performances, and social justice issues which JDPP explores. Please check out our Gallery where you can now see videos of our work. We'd also love you to discuss pieces and topics on our new Discussion Board. Don't forget about our new, easy online ways to Support JDPP , and check out the Social Action Resources to see how you can get more involved with our collaborative partners. Also, don't forget to become a fan of our Facebook page so you can receive updates with our latest happenings. So, take a look around, and we look forward to seeing you back again, soon!		Check Out the hARTford Flashmob - choreographed by JDPP! Check Out JDPP's Segment from All Things Connecticut!
Latest Project
Bridging the Divides - Children of the Incarcerated There is a critical population in our midst that is often unseen and unheard - the children of incarcerated. The Judy Dworin Performance Project (JDPP), Charter Oak Cultural Center (COCC), the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at CCSU (IMRP), Families in Crisis (FIC), York Correctional Institution (YCI) and other Hartford area schools have joined together in a ground-breaking collaboration involving arts, social service, correctional and research organizations, to give much needed study, voice and visibility to this population of young people. To learn more about this project, watch an informational video about the pilot project, and see how you can support this effort, please visit our Moving Matters! - Children of the Incarcerated Project section.
In This House 'In This House' is a multi-arts collaborative performance project that probes the question of race through the interior spaces of a historic house that still stands in the heart of a largely African-American neighborhood in New London, CT. 'In This House' explores the generational shifts in race relations exemplified by the Hempsted household and its surrounding community as a history that begins in racial servitude and enslavement develops into one of Abolitionist fervor and finally into an integrated, interracial neighborhood. You can read more about this project, and the recent award from the NEA which JDPP received to support this project in an article from The Trinity Tripod.