TELLING THE TRUTH IN A WORLD OF BEAUTY AND LIES
Hoi Polloi is an OBIE-winning New York-based company formed in 2007 by Alec Duffy. Our body of work includes Celine Song’s Family, Winning is Winning, Robert Quillen Camp’s White on White, Toshiki Okada’s Quiet, Comfort, Republic, All Hands, Three Pianos, The less we talk, and Dysphoria.
hoi pol·loi /ˈhoi pəˌloi/ noun Derogatory: the masses; the common people. "avoid mixing with the hoi polloi” Origin: Greek
Hoi Polloi’s work is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. We are also grateful to the following individual donors for their support of our work: Jody Falco and Jeffrey Steinman, Lora Chio, Jan Tuchman and Joe Rosta.
Video at top: Winning is Winning (JACK, 2025)
Images above, clockwise from top left:
Family (site-specific, 2024), Izabel Mar pictured. Photo: Maria Baranova
The Georges (2013). Jason Quarles pictured. Photo: Hrag Vartanian
Republic (Manbites Dog Theater, 2014). Pictured: Jason Quarles, Jess Barbagallo, and Lori E. Parquet. Photo: Michael Zirkle
Quiet, Comfort (JACK, 2016). Pictured: Julian Rozzell, Jr., Lelia Goldoni. Photo: Ryan Jensen