Kali Quinn
2026
Ko Core Company Members Kali Quinn, Sabrina Hamilton are collaborating on the latest iteration of BECOMING CURIOUS. It is a story of two species, bison and humans, and their interplay and interdependence. The piece will open at the University of Rochester November 13, 2026 with additional performances on the 14th and 15th.
Kali Quinn, the lead artist, has written the musical score and will perform, Sabrina Hamilton is serving as the chief dramaturgical and directorial outside eye. Previous rehearsal residencies at Catapult in New Orleans, the Center for Compassionate Creativity in Bisbee, AZ and at KoFest in Amherst, MA.
2024
Ko Core Company Members Kali Quinn, Sabrina Hamilton and Elaine Williams collaborated in the development of BECOMING CURIOUS. The story follows 5 generations follows bison over the course of 150 years. It is a story of two species, bison and humans, and their interplay and interdependence. In a time where is is no longer sufficient to learn about the land, but rather with and from the land, and its indigenous occupants, the piece invites the audience to mourn, tend, and mend — in order to forge a resilient way forward.
Kali Quinn, the lead artist, has written the musical score and will perform, Elaine Williams is our scenographer and puppet designer, and Sabrina Hamilton worked on direction and lighting the piece. We previously completed rehearsal residencies at Catapult in New Orleans and at the Center for Compassionate Creativity in Bisbee.
2023
In keeping with KoFest’s new focus on uplifting and amplifying, we were delighted to partner with PAULINE PRODUCTIONS to help present a weekend of first-person stories. Fans of KoFest Story Slams, or alums of Jerry Stropnicky’s “First Person: Crafting Your Story for Performance” workshops at Ko, were particularly delighted to have the opportunity to see an event that gave the storytellers a longer time slots for their compelling stories!
FIRST PERSON FRESH – Women’s Solo Performance Festival
presented by PAULINE PRODUCTIONS, in association with KoFest
April 28, 29 & 30, 2023 Program A: Fri. at 7:30 p.m. & Sat, at 3 p.m. Program B: Sat. at 7:30 p.m. & Sun. 3 p.m.
CITYSPACE - The Blue Room Old Town Hall, 43 Main St. Easthampton, MA
A weekend festival featuring seven women debuting new "first person" solo theatre pieces that run the gamut from comic to serious, and poetic to music-filled, with themes that include mental health, love, loss, family and showbiz. Program A features: Sue Tracy with "An ADHD Girl's Guide to...WHOA!," Alice Barrett with "Stories Gone Missing," Jarice Hanson with "Alp Me Make it thru the Night, and Beth Filson with "Telling the Story - Untelling the Diagnosis" Program B features: Vanessa Adel's "Holding Space,"Jo-Anne Hart's "Friendship: A Love Story," and Laura Wetzler's "Love, Death & Warthogs"Directed by JEANNINE HAAS (Artistic Director/Pauline Productions) and SABRINA HAMILTON (Artistic Director/KoFest), with Liesel de Boor
2026 WORKSHOPS
STAGE LIGHTING BASICS
December 7, 2026 2pm-4pm
Fuller Arts Center at Springfield College.
An intensive workshop on the basics of stage lighting – particularly geared for choreographers, directors and all those seeking an understanding of how to to collaborate with a lighting designer. SOLD OUT. Email us to get on the waiting list.
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FUNDERS
The Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Ko Theater Works, Inc. is supported by the New England Foundation for the Arts through the New England Arts Resilience Fund, part of the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund, an initiative of the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with major funding from the federal CARES Act from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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