The Cooking Project by the Dominican Artists Collective Is Available to Stream until 12/15.
https://www.nytw.org/show/the-cooking-project/tickets/
Highlights :
1:50 Cooking Project Process
3:06 Cooking with these ingredients and now we got a meal
4:45 The first time domincan artists have come together for theater
5:03 This is a happy hour bitch
6:25 The last days of judas iscariot. Merlixse’s first play
10:10 Fingers
11:15 Outline of Cooking Project : poetry, meditation, original songs, etc.
11:35 Spoiler dope riff off of the twilight zone
16:00 Dilson’s community engagement
16:58 Dilson explains how he didn't talk the talk. He wanted to do more than just create art.
19:00 Dilson is the coolest person ever. Did hip hop workshops on Reicher’s island. Now working with incarcerated youth.
20:00 Did Keith pass out?
23:00 Little Veras does not need her students finding her
24:05 Keith used to jam and now his friend moved away
25:49 When you are a musician you just listen for the music
27:36 The importance of listening, incorporating different staples
28:30 TRUST THE PROCESS and TRUST YOURSELF
30:56 Authenticity. Professionalism is bullshit
31:31 Learn to take up space
32:00 Racism Transcends Time
33:32 What keeps you up at night? “This country”
33:40 We are living in the twilight zone
36:25 time to knock the door down and hear new voices
36:45 This has never been done in American Theater
37:50 We are always thinking about our community
39:00 I have the bootlegs COME AT ME WHITE AMERICAN THEATER
43:45 We aren’t talking about Ned’s Declassified
45:00 artists can’t survive without those creative outlets
MERLIXSE VENTURA is an Afro-Dominican artist born and raised in Washington Heights. She is an alumnus of SUNY Purchase, where she studied Theater and Performance, and Philosophy. Ventura is currently pursuing her Masters of Fine Arts in Acting at Columbia University.
DILSON HERNANDEZ's talents include playing various instruments, spoken-word, singing, audio engineering, and beat making. Though self-taught in many of these skills, he received a Bachelor's of Arts in both English and Music from the University at Albany. He also received a certification in audio engineering from the Institute of Audio Research. Dilson wishes to change the world with his art and community work, striving for a more progressive future. In addition to music, Dilson facilitates artistic workshops for NYC youth and is employed by Friends of Island Academy, an organization that provides services and advocates for sixteen to twenty-four year olds who are justice-involved people.
LITTLE VERAS is a multidimensional Dominican-American artist from New York City. She is an alumna of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts and the Diller-Quaile School of Music, where she became a classically trained musician. Veras has continued working on her craft at the renowned UBC, has trained with film director Pete Jensen, and continues under the tutelage of grammy-nominated opera singer and actress Monique McDonald. Little Veras has performed in comedy festivals and independent films such as the Dominican York Web Series, as well as sketch shows at the PIT, UCB and CAVEAT. You can also catch her singing your favorite jazz standards at open mics around the city. From femme fatale to your Latinx Daria - she's your gal.
