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Upcoming Events

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Are You Waiting For Permission? a podcast episode featuring Jessica Cerullo and The Ships In The Night living archive project. Listen wherever you listen to your podcasts.

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Past Events

June 12, 2023 | 9:30-5:15 pm gmt
Theatre, Performance and Relational Repair; a Symposium
School of Arts, University of Kent, England

A symposium exploring how we might navigate trauma, relational repair and being-with each other in and through performance, research, and teaching. The sessions approach the topic from various intersecting points of view, and the day aims to facilitate an exchange of ideas, questions and practice between all participants.
‘Some Stranger Somewhere: Activated listening in participatory performance’
presentation by Jessica Cerullo will take place at 1:45 p.m.

Publication Day!
January 8, 2023 | 5 - 6 pm
Stonington Free Library, 20 High Street Stonington, CT

Jessica Cerullo shares selections from the new collection. She will be joined by representative community member caregivers and musicians from SECCO, the Southeastern Connecticut Community Orchestra.
Free and open to the public. A limited number of books will be given to attendees with others available for sale.

July 11, 2022 | 6 pm
Theater and Community Engaged Practices

A panel discussion at Schule für Schauspiel Hamburg led by Ulrich Meyer-Horsch with Jessica Cerullo (USA), Burcu Halacoglu (Turkey), Freddy Sabimona (Burundi).

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May 19, 2022 | 6 pm
La Grua Center
FOUR BEACONS with social practice and performance artists Jessica Cerullo and Tia Kramer

What is Socially Engaged Art? This performative talk invites you to consider how art can make life meaningful. Jessica and Tia will perform an expression of how art finds connections in our everyday experiences, and discuss why those moments matter. We’ll get a sneak peak reading and performance of The Ships in the Night, a dynamic collaborative project of regional individuals’ stories recorded during the pandemic. This emphasis on a local living archive encourages communities to engage in and benefit from art experiences. Eastern Pequot Tribal Councilor La’Tasha Maddox will offer a land acknowledgement. Please note that this event is an hour and thirty minutes and attendees will be invited to take a short walk together outside.

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March 13, 2022 | 1-4 pm edt
Some Stranger Somewhere

A participatory performance (via zoom) that offers a glimpse into some of the invisible personal moments that occurred during the pandemic. You are invited to experience a selection of co-authored poems and their accompanying set of instructions for embodied listening that were built from observations of the speaker’s rituals and gestures. What would it mean if people around the world drink a glass of water in unison? What happens if we sing to ourselves (on mute?) together? And, might we discover some of the ways we want to live now?

Featuring:
Naomi Ballis • Kia Baird • Ludmila de Brito • Nhi Cao • Bethany Caputo • Jessica Cerullo • Michael Cerullo • Gerald Dillenbeck • Paco Francisco • Ethelyn Friend • Gary Grundei • Harper Grundei • Ashley Hughes • Chloe Kolbenheyer • Tia Kramer • Antonia LaChé • Kato McNickle • Chuk Obasi • Eleni Papaleonordos • Rob Schlegel

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February 5, 2022 | 10 - 11:30 am
Mystic and Noank Library

Join us from 10 am - 11:30 am for The Ships in the Night: Co-Author a Poem with a Stranger!

Jessica Cerullo invites visitors to the Mystic & Noank Library to reflect on the pandemic, sharing what they have lost, gained, and learned that they do not want their community to forget. She responds on the spot by writing and then reading (or singing) a poem back for the stranger. The poetry co-creation process lasts 15-30 minutes.

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January 24, 2022 | 11 am to 1 pm
Groton Public Library

Jessica Cerullo invites visitors to the Groton Public Library to reflect on the pandemic, sharing what they have lost, gained, and learned that they do not want their community to forget. She responds on the spot by writing and then reading (or singing) a poem back for the stranger. The poetry co-creation process lasts 15-30 minutes.

The project title borrows from a Longfellow poem and describes what happens when strangers encounter one another at sea and briefly shine a light to announce their presence. Using elements of poetry, performance, and publication "The Ships in the Night" seeks to address the loneliness and isolation that the pandemic has imposed on us. For more information, visit jessicacerullo.com/The-Ships-in-the-Night.