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PERFORMANCE ARTIST, DRAMATIC AND NONFICTION WRITER, FILMMAKER AND TEACHER

Discontents, Jeff McMahon

CURRENT AND UPCOMING

Following the death of artist/writer Jacki Apple, I worked with her sister and several colleagues to create The Jacki Apple Award in Performance and Artist Projects. This annual award gives $10,000 to an artist in LA and one in NYC, administered by the LACE (LA) and Franklin Furnace, (NYC). The first Apple/LACE award in 2024 went to Marcus Kuiland-Nazario, and the first Franklin Furnace Apple award is Maria Bauman.  Jennifer Moon is the 2025 LACE Apple Awardee. Following the horrible LA fires of 2025, the Fund created a grant (FireBreak) through LACE to assist impacted artists, and a donation to The Brick's Grief & Hope. After decades of pursuing grants, it's gratifying to be on the giving end!

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Featured panelist (virtual) speaking on Artistic Practices for Roots and Routes : Colloquium Celebrating 20 Years of Theatre and Performance of the Americas and Performance in the Borderlands. Arizona State University September 2024. 

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Performing in Leslie Satin & Friends "Resume/Résumé" Arts on Site October 2024. Featuring Jeremy Nelson, Vicky Schick, Barbara Mahler and others. 

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Contributed to Anthem to US project (NY Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, Lincoln Center) and made it to semi finals! Here's an excerpt of two versions of work-in-progress, as performed as part of DBR Lab at National Sawdust April 2024. DBR accompanies on 2nd version.

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ASU Emeritus College Research grant to digitize tapes of interviews 1996-2006 with gay men about bathhouses/saunas, and the concept of sexual "safety." Hoping to make into podcast and eventual publication.​

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I shared a reading on November 6, 2023 with Karen Finley and Laurie Stone, in an evening curated by Sarah Schulman as part of her series, First Mondays. Performance Space New York

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