BRING YOUR OWN BODY was a performance series and gathering that began in my friend’s Brooklyn apartment in 2017, then called Generosity.

VOL. I was hosted on July 29, 2017 and featured performances by Whitney Bauck, Eli Condon, Hannah Cruz, Jessie Epstein, Jack Meriwether, and Fresh Tar.



Vol. II was hosted on November 13, 2018 and featured performances by Zoe Breszny, mae may, Nicole Fuentes and Jack Meriwether. 




VOL. III was hosted on June 28, 2019 and featured performances by Matthew Meriwether, Paul Legault, Aseye Agamah, Mikautadze Dance Theater, and Jack Meriwether. 



And during lockdown in 2020, BYOB hosted two Zoom iterations.

Vol. IV was hosted on April 10, 2020 and featured performances by Aseye Agamah, Erica Anderson-Senter, Zoe Brezsny, Elyse Johnson, mae may, Matthew Meriwether, and E.R. Pulgar.



Vol. V was hosted on April 17 and featured performances by Lou Goncalves, Emily Hunt, Brett Elizabeth Jenkins, JJ McDonald, Charles Shields, and Kate Williams. 



The series resumed post-lockdown with two more in person editions in two new locations.

Vol. VI was hosted  on October 28, 2021 at Theaterlab in culmination of a grant from NYFA and featured performances by C.A. Conrad, Kay Gabriel, Pavli Brilliant, and Jack Meriwether.



Vol. VII was presented on June 18, 2022 as part of the East Village Zine Fair hosted by 8-Ball Community at La Plaza Cultural community garden and featured performances by Fresh Tar, Francesca D’Uva, Ruby McCollister, and Kate Williams and Jack Meriwether.