DNAWORKS’s adaption of Joseph Conrad’s 1909 novella THE SECRET SHARER is a devised, ensemble performance integrating dance, music, sound, text, and visual elements. Considered an early queer text, THE SECRET SHARER is performed in an open-concept space with audiences co-creating the environment and the narrative. In an extension of DNAWORKS’s community storycircle practice, audience members share their stories during the performance, interspersed at critical moments in the narrative. THE SECRET SHARER is a response to an increase in both hate crimes and the visibility of LGBTQQ2SPIAA+ youth suicides worldwide, offering Queer-normative spaces of belonging for resiliency and healing.

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Developmental residencies:

August 2019: Amphibian Stage Productions, Fort Worth, TX

March 2020: Espace Tycheco, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

August 2020: Online Virtual Residency

July 2022: Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

July 2023: Tanzraum Wedding, Berlin, Germany

July 2024: Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA

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Upcoming:

September 2025: Designer Residency, ArtsEmerson, Boston, MA

April 2026: World Premiere, ArtsEmerson, Boston, MA

For more info: https://www.dnaworks.org/secretsharer