Performance by Uwe Mengel & John Maria Gutierrez Directed by Uwe Mengel Performed by John Maria Gutierrez Rockefeller and I Part 1 is a solo performance that runs in 3 loops of 20 minutes in which John Maria Gutierrez, son of a low income, sometimes no-income, Dominican immigrant family confronts his life experience with another John, John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his 10 personal Commandments, how to live your life.

Excerpt from Ps. Me falta Maria/the(L/x) Maria en Mi presented at The Downstairs Theater at La Mama as part of Culture Hub's Re-fest Festival in March 2020. Choreographed and performed by John Maria Gutierrez Original Music by John Gutierrez Additional Music: Voy Pa Alla by Antony Santos and Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell “Lo que ves, primera ves, no es cierto” (“What you see, at first glance, is not true”) Perception is singular and memoria es, well, blurry. When you are born you are given, or maybe assigned, a name, the first step in a forced identity. What if that name works better somewhere else, in a different time? What if you were supposed to be someone else? This piece is a journey to find the “Maria” inside - a restoration of what has been lost.

Directed, choreographed, composed, and performed by NYC based actor/dancer/creator/educator John Maria Gutierrez ( La Mama Resident Artist) This is a 5 minute excerpt of 'quietud (stillness)' a multidisciplinary experimental performance piece presented as part of La Mama ETC's 2021 Resident Artist Showcase. Originally presented with a 12 minute runtime.