August 8th

Pocantico Art Center

Conceived and written by Samora la Perdida and composed by Josiah Handelman, Mobey Lola Irizarry & Matthew Zweibel.

A Bilingual Brujería Musical — Work-in-Progress showing.

Brujita, a trans Puerto Rican witch, stands trial at the Supreme Court. Her crime? Brewing up a vengeful hurricane to blow away the White House. Pleading innocence, Brujita’s testimony takes us from the warm hills of Puerto Rico to the frigid suburbs of New Jersey. But there’s no escaping the guilt of her whitewashed past.

July 24th

Curated by EGA’s Assistant Producer Max Mooney!

Playdate offers an intimate, grassroots platform for early-career artists. Hosted in a lush Brooklyn backyard and curated by members of the En Garde Arts community, each evening features works-in-progress that invite risk-taking, dialogue, and creative exchange. These gatherings offer a relaxed and supportive environment— with drinks, snacks, and spirited conversation—where new ideas are shared and relationships are formed.

August 16th

Work-in-progress presentation as part of a Developmental workshop supported by the David M. Milch Foundation at the Catskill Arts Center.

Conceived, written, and performed by Jared Mezzocchi
Directed by Aya Ogawa

A solo performance about the stories we inherit—and the ones we almost never hear.

In 73 Seconds, multimedia artist Jared Mezzocchi cracks open the quiet mysteries of his family’s past. What begins as a son’s attempt to better understand his mother soon spirals into a decades-spanning excavation of memory, legacy, and the fragile line between the personal and the cosmic.

Mezzocchi, celebrated for his genre-defining projection design and hailed by The New York Times as “a leader in the virtual world,” now steps into the spotlight. Using analog technology from the 1980s—overhead projectors, VHS camcorders, and tube televisions—he constructs a live documentary, blending intimate storytelling with lo-fi magic.

Directed by Obie Award-winner Aya Ogawa, 73 Seconds is an inventive, deeply felt new work that asks how we piece together the past—especially when it resists being remembered.

Developmental workshop supported by the David M. Milch Foundation at the Catskill Arts Center.

August 18th

Work-in-progress presentation at Ideal Glass Studio, Greenwich Village NYC.

Conceived, written, and performed by Jared Mezzocchi
Directed by Aya Ogawa

A solo performance about the stories we inherit—and the ones we almost never hear.

In 73 Seconds, multimedia artist Jared Mezzocchi cracks open the quiet mysteries of his family’s past. What begins as a son’s attempt to better understand his mother soon spirals into a decades-spanning excavation of memory, legacy, and the fragile line between the personal and the cosmic.

Mezzocchi, celebrated for his genre-defining projection design and hailed by The New York Times as “a leader in the virtual world,” now steps into the spotlight. Using analog technology from the 1980s—overhead projectors, VHS camcorders, and tube televisions—he constructs a live documentary, blending intimate storytelling with lo-fi magic.

Directed by Obie Award-winner Aya Ogawa, 73 Seconds is an inventive, deeply felt new work that asks how we piece together the past—especially when it resists being remembered.