Festival Institute

Engage with festival artists, art and community.

The Festival Institute is a series of events running parallel to the shows and events of the festival. This year’s institute includes workshops, discussions, an open rehearsal and a performance tour of the Public Gardens.
Institute - Thumb - Lenelle Moise Spoken Word, Self Naming and Resistance

Lenelle Moïse
Oct 29
Institute - Thumb - Drag Queens Sex Lives of Drag Queens Panel Discussion

Joey Arias, Karisma, Kris Knievil, Sherry Vine
Oct 31
Show - Thumb - Womb-Words Thirsting Post Show Discussion: Womb-Words, Thirsting

Lenelle Moise, Robin Bernstein
Nov 1
Institute - Thumb - True Colors True Colors Open Rehearsal

True Colors: Out Youth Theater
Nov 3
Institute - Thumb - Long Table Fetishized Identities A Long Table on Fetishized Identities

Slanty Eyed Mama
Nov 7
Institute - Thumb - Tim Miller Performance Workshop for Queer Men

Tim Miller
Nov 7
Show - Thumb - Lay of the Land Post Show Discussion: Lay of the Land

Tim Miller, John Dennis Anderson
Nov 8
Institute - Thumb - Nibble and Network Nibble and Network

Sinsation - Oct 29
Host: Transcend

Womb-Words, Thirsting - Oct 30
Hosts: QWOC+, Sistah Insider

Lay of the Land - Nov 7
Hosts: The MALE Center, JP Men's Group

Birth of a nAsian - Nov 8
Host: MAP for Health

Dirty Sex-Ecology or How to Make Love with the Earth - Nov 12
Hosts: Big Moves, Boston Fat Queer History Project, Cameryn Moore Phone-Whore
Institute - Thumb - Festival Family Fun Festival Family Fun

Johnny Blaze, Nick Bazo
Oct 30
Nov 7
Nov 14
Institute - Thumb - Long Table Next Stonewall A Long Table on the Next Stonewall

True Colors: Out Youth Theater, Artists from Come As You Are: Celebrate Queer Sex!
Nov 14
Institute - Thumb - Sex-Ecological Tour Sex-Ecological Tour of the Public Gardens for Eco-Sexuals and Everyone Over 18 Too!

Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens
Nov 15