Fauxnique: How Do I Look?
Friday, April 17, 2026 at 7:30PM (ASL Interpretation)
Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 7:30PM
Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 5:30PM
60 minutes
World Premiere
How Do I Look? - the most vain, mundane and loaded question. Fauxnique, the drag queen guise of multi-faceted artist Monique Jenkinson, wields her unique combination of precise physicality, irreverent humor and gutsy vulnerability, to dig past glossy platitudes and flattering exaggerations into the hot mess of perception, subjectivity, identity and taste.
Fauxnique: How Do I Look? Program book
Monique Jenkinson is a choreographer, performer, and writer working at the confluence of dance, cabaret, and essay. Her alter-ego Fauxnique made herstory as the first cis-woman ever, anywhere, crowned as a pageant-winning drag queen, and her original works have toured nationally and internationally in wide-ranging contexts from nightclubs to museums. Her memoir, Faux Queen is out on Amble Press.
This project is generously supported by DeFonte Law.
Post-Show Discussion with Monique Jenkinson, Jesse Hewit, and D'Arcy Drollinger from Oasis Arts
B. Way Theater
On Saturday night, stay post-show for a discussion with Fauxnique, collaborator Jesse Hewit, and D'Arcy Drollinger, Executive & Artistic Director of Oasis Arts.
Coffee Hour with Monique Jenkinson and Chloë L. Zimberg, ODC Theater Creative Director
On Sunday, April 19, 2026, at 11:00 am, join Fauxnique and Chloë L. Zimberg, ODC Theater Creative Director, for coffee, pastries, and a discussion on choreography and composition in the ODC Theater Lobby. RSVP
Hot Spot: What Do I Do With My Eyes with Monique Jenkinson
April 15, 2026
10:15 amThis one-time, improvisational-technique class examines the eye as part of the body, as expressive tool, and maybe even the window to the soul (really, the soul?).
Register
PRE-SALE: 2026 ODC Theater Spring Season Digital Encore
ODC Theater's 2026 Spring Season presents experimental and rich dance-based performances from Fauxnique, Fact/SF, and Mariana Valencia. Curated by ODC Theater Creative Director Chloë L. Zimberg with Resident Curator Zaquia Mahler Salinas, the season embodies ODC's unwavering commitment to stay curious, inspire audiences, and empower innovative artists.
Each work will be available for 1 month after its release. Purchase now and be notified as soon as the newest Digital Encore goes live.
Fauxnique: How Do I Look? Digital Encore Available mid-May