WINNING IS WINNING

Over 20 performers share the stage in this kaleidoscopic dance-theater piece by OBIE-winning company Hoi Polloi that features humor, dance, and song to depict a community in crisis. 

June 27 - July 13, 2025

Location: JILL@JACK, 20 Putnam Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238

TICKETS, available here.

In this kaleidoscopic dance-theater piece by OBIE-winning theater company Hoi Polloi (Celine Song’s Family, Three Pianos), over 20 performers depict a community reeling in the aftermath of the recent U.S. election. Blending humor and darkness, the ensemble shares text, music and movement that reflect a cacophony of anxieties, anger, and strategies of those on the political left. Winning is Winning marks a return for Hoi Polloi to the large ensemble format typical in its early years, exemplified by work such as The less we talk, and All Hands.

Duration: 60 minutes

CAST:

Ben Beckley*, Maria Victoria Franco, Mieko Gavia*, Nadel Dalia Henville*, Claire Hilton*, Kristen Hoffman, Johnny Minh Le*, Belle Le, Jessica Lưu Pelletier, Camara McLaughlin, Carli Nelson, Thammie Laine Quách*, David Rodriguez, Nikaury Rodriguez*, Joe Rosta, Julian Rozzell, Jr., Violet Savage, Louis So, Grant Sparr, Sophie Thurschwell, Jan Tuchman, Lexie Waddy, Tia Walker, Amy Laird Webb, Luke Wisniewski (*denotes member of Actors Equity Association)

CREATIVE TEAM:

Director: Alec Duffy

Choreographer: Dan Safer

Dramaturg: Julian Rozzell, Jr.

Sound Designer: Brendan Connelly

Music by Steven Leffue, Justin Hicks, and several other sources.

Stage Manager: Mars Garcia

Assistant Director: Luis Feliciano

PERFORMANCES:

Preview: Friday, June 27 at 7:30 pm

Preview: Saturday, June 28 at 7:30 pm

Opening: Sunday, June 29 at 7:30 pm 

Thursday, July 3 at 7:30 pm

Friday, July 4 at 7:30 pm

Saturday, July 5 at 7:30 pm

Sunday, July 6 at 7:30 pm

Wednesday, July 9 at 7:30 pm

Thursday, July 10 at 7:30 pm

Friday, July 11 at 7:30 pm 

Saturday, July 12 at 7:30 pm

Sunday, July 13 at 2:30 pm

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Hoi Polloi is an OBIE-winning New York-based collaborative theater company formed in 2007 by director Alec Duffy.  The company uses the transformative power of theater to upend conventions and bring about a more imaginative society. Original work includes White on White, Quiet, Comfort, Republic, All Hands, Three Pianos, The less we talk, and Dysphoria. Hoi Polloi also has produced existing work by adventurous writers that include Celine Song, Suzan-Lori Parks, Toshiki Okada, John Cassavetes, Samuel Beckett, and others. www.hoipolloiworld.com.

Alec Duffy (Director) is a playwright and director, and the founder of both Hoi Polloi and the Brooklyn performance venue JACK. He has created many original works with Hoi Polloi, including Dysphoria, The Less We Talk, and All Hands. In 2010, he shared an OBIE Award for Three Pianos, a paean to Schubert's Winterreise song cycle, co-written and performed with Dave Malloy and Rick Burkhardt in a production directed by Rachel Chavkin that toured to New York Theatre Workshop and American Repertory Theater after its premiere at Incubator Arts Project. In addition to his work with Hoi Polloi, he directed acclaimed productions of T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral at The Cathedral of St. Joseph in Brooklyn, and the English-language premiere of Yukio Shiba’s Our Planet at Japan Society. His production of Moto Osada’s opera Four Nights of Dream premiered at Japan Society in 2017 and toured to the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan. Duffy studied at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq and is a Drama League Directing Fellow.

¡Oye! Group (Co-presenter) is a Bushwick-based creative incubator for artists, students, and community members of all ages, both local and immigrant to New York City. Our work is grounded in the act of listening that gave us our company name: we curate art that sparks a dialogue over the political and social issues that our community tells us are critical to them. We present an eclectic mix of theater, dance, poetry, music, video installations, and film through festivals and productions. We work with emerging artists to create, play, and grow in an environment that challenges and supports them, and we engage youth and adults alike through high-quality arts education that provides them with the tools to generate forward-thinking art that compliments the work on our stages.

Hoi Polloi is grateful for support for this production from Lora Chio, Jan Tuchman, and Joe Rosta.

Photo at top: Photography by Maria Baranova.