Julie J

IF I KNEW YOU WERE COMING I WOULD HAVE WORN EYESHADOW (2019 - PRESENT))

IF I KNEW YOU WERE COMING I WOULD HAVE WORN EYESHADOW (2020)

A camcorder. A baseball bat. And an aggressively stunning pair of pumps. Frisky Jones is on the precipice of monument making, and the line between celebrity and nothingness is beginning to close. Combining dance, media, drag, and text, IF I KNEW YOU WERE COMING I WOULD HAVE WORN EYESHADOW explores what it means to escape one's reality and in doing so what some must ultimately leave behind in a world set against us.

EYESHADOW was originally developed at La Mama Umbria Centro Umbro Residenze Artistiche/Next Generation 2019 Residency. In February 2020 EYESHADOW was workshopped in New York City at The Tank. In November of 2020, Julie developed an auxiliary piece for New Light Theater Project’s DARKROOM Series, which can be found embedded below.

Julie and her team hope to continue the show’s development and are currently in the process of producing a formal New York City premiere and subsequent international tour of EYESHADOW.