JK JK
(khattieQ + Jenny Larson)
performance art, punk, devised theatre
khattieQ + Jenny in Denim Doves by Adrienne Dawes, photo Erica Nix
Catalina la O Presenta: Ahora Conmigo is devised by musician and performer khattieq, playwright Adrienne Dawes and director Jenny Larson, exploring the lives of female Puerto Rican legends Myrta Silva, Ruth Fernández and Lucecita Benítez. Punk rock aesthetics collide with dramatic love ballads to share a heartbreaking and humorous story of resilience and resistance.
JK JK creates collaboratively-devised queer performance art to magnify stories of the disenfranchised and disrupt the status quo.
khattieQ is a musician and performer hailing from Puerto Rico. She was the creator and lead vocalist for punk band BLXPLTN from 2013 to 2015. khattieQ has played as a professional musician with over twenty bands, cutting her teeth on the famous Austin, Texas live music scene, notably, touring as lead drummer for queer femme core band The Tuna Helpers.
Jenny has been devising, performing and directing new theatre performance for over two decades. Her past collaborators include the wild and intuitive playwright Sibyl Kempson, internationally acclaimed ensemble the Rude Mechs, gender revolutionary Daniel Alexander Jones and Bulgarian theatre-dance ensemble The Mighty Mighty Pressure Cooker.