Mx It Up Joey Reyes

This week host Joey Reyes is joined by theatre director and educator, Adil Mansoor. We chat about his solo performance AMM(I)GONE now touring this spring, growing up in and around Chicago, and making sense of the world through active creative practice.



Weekly Action Items


Connect with Adil.
Get your tickets to see AMM(I)GONE at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company or Long Wharf Theatre.
Demand a ⁠ceasefire now⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠
Make sure you're ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠registered to vote⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mxituppod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mxjoeyreyes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This week host Joey Reyes is joined by content creator, comedian, and LGBTQ+ advocate, Curly Velasquez. We chat about his current projects, death and grief, and his journey from working with fashion icons to becoming the creative director of Buzzfeed's Latine platform, Pero Like.



Weekly Action Items


Subscribe to Curly's podcast and follow him on Instagram and TikTok.
Check out Dead and Buried.
Demand a ⁠ceasefire now⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠


Make sure you're ⁠⁠⁠⁠registered to vote⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠@mxituppod⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠@mxjoeyreyes⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This week host Joey Reyes is joined by Associate Artistic Director and Director of Education at PlayPenn, Santiago Iacinti. They chat about being an artistic leader at the new play incubator that grew out of Philadelphia, queer futurism, and Santi's experience as an artist who is also a DACA recipient.



Weekly Action Items


Learn more about ⁠PlayPenn.
Visit Santi's website and follow them on Instagram.
Demand a ceasefire now⁠.⁠⁠⁠
Sign the ⁠⁠Theater Workers for Ceasefire Statement⁠⁠. ⁠
Make sure you're ⁠⁠⁠registered to vote⁠⁠⁠.
Follow ⁠⁠⁠@mxituppod⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@mxjoeyreyes⁠⁠⁠.

This week host Joey Reyes is joined by playwright, poet, filmmaker, and Founder/Executive Director of Write It Out!, Donja R. Love. They chat about their love for the city of Philadelphia, the power of being soft, and the importance of making space for people living with HIV.



Weekly Action Items


Learn more about Write It Out!.
Learn more about The Each-Other Project.
⁠⁠Demand a ceasefire now⁠.⁠
Sign the ⁠⁠Theater Workers for Ceasefire Statement⁠⁠.
Make sure you're ⁠⁠registered to vote⁠⁠.
Follow ⁠⁠@mxituppod⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠@mxjoeyreyes⁠⁠.

This week, host Joey Reyes is joined by actor, print model, consultant, and community organizer, Samy Figaredo. They chat about the many iterations of Samy’s name, his activism with The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and how institutional leaders can better support artists with marginalized identities.



Weekly Action Items


Learn more about The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
⁠Demand a ceasefire now⁠.
Sign the ⁠Theater Workers for Ceasefire Statement⁠.
Make sure you're ⁠registered to vote⁠.
Connect with Samy on ⁠Instagram⁠ or visit their website.
Follow ⁠@mxituppod⁠ and ⁠@mxjoeyreyes⁠.

Welcome to the Season 2 Premiere! This week, host Joey Reyes is joined by Giselle Byrd, the newly appointed Executive Director of The Theater Offensive, to chat about her Georgian roots, the beauty of self-discovery, and her vision for the future as the first Black trans woman to lead a regional theater company in the United States.



Weekly Action Items


Donate to The Theater Offensive's Capital Campaign to establish a permanent home for queer and trans artists and youth.
Demand a ceasefire now.
Sign the Theater Workers for Ceasefire Statement.
Make sure you're registered to vote.
Connect with Giselle on Instagram.
Follow @mxituppod and @mxjoeyreyes.