On the Boards

05/08/2026

In ’s How Do I Look? she addresses that vain, mundane question, digging past glossy platitudes and flattering exaggerations into the hot mess of perception, subjectivity, identity and taste. It throws itself into the space, sometimes a chasm, between how we see ourselves and how the world sees us.

Come see How Do I Look?
May 7-9, 2026
By Monique Jenkinson

Fauxnique – Performance
Monique Jenkinson – Conception, Creation, Choreography, Writing, Direction
Jesse Hewit – Dramaturgy, Co-direction
Del Medoff – Lighting Design
Marc Kate – Sound Design

Tickets available in bio!

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05/07/2026

5/8) - Dance and Drag

“I use dance and drag to explore this very contested, very multiplicities concept we call femininity. How Do I look is more in the realm of contemporary dance and contemporary art that allows me to slow down, inquire, get weird, get funky, get inquisitive in different ways.”

Come see How Do I Look?
May 7-9, 2026
By

Fauxnique – Performance
Monique Jenkinson – Conception, Creation, Choreography, Writing, Direction
Jesse Hewit – Dramaturgy, Co-direction
Del Medoff – Lighting Design
Marc Kate – Sound Design

Tickets available in bio!

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05/06/2026

“Being perceived is a fact and being understood is a luxury. The distance between how we see ourselves and how the world might see us, making art inside of that is necessary.”

Come see How Do I Look?
May 7-9, 2026
By

Fauxnique – Performance
Monique Jenkinson – Conception, Creation, Choreography, Writing, Direction
Jesse Hewit – Dramaturgy, Co-direction
Del Medoff – Lighting Design
Marc Kate – Sound Design

Tickets available in bio!

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04/30/2026

IT’S FINALLY HERE!

We’ve been working steadily away to fold the feedback from our generous community into a clear, actionable Strategic Plan and could not be more grateful to everyone who helps us be who we are.

Thank you in particular to the 291 artists, staff, board, and audience members, patrons and peers who shared so generously with us through this process.

Thank you to Andy Fife Consulting for helping us navigate the enormity of this work.

There will be much more to share in the coming days, weeks, years...and we are thrilled with what we have in store.

Visit our website for a deeper read. ❤️

04/29/2026

Monique Jenkinson, creator of the upcoming show How Do I Look? at On The Boards, published a memoir-in-essays entitled “Faux Queen: A Life in Drag” in 2022.

Amelia Williams of SFGate described these essays as a recounting of “a Gen-X upbringing that prepared her for San Francisco's drag world and the q***r communities from which it sprang and continues to evolve.”

Come see the latest evolution of Monique’s self-exploration and creative expression in her newest work:

How Do I Look?
May 7-9, 2026
By

Fauxnique – Performance
Monique Jenkinson – Conception, Creation, Choreography, Writing, Direction
Jesse Hewit – Dramaturgy, Co-direction
Del Medoff – Lighting Design
Marc Kate – Sound Design

Tickets available in bio!

04/23/2026

IN TWO WEEKS, comes to OTB, bringing her latest show How Do I Look? to Seattle after a raucous debut at ODC/Dance in San Francisco last week.

Part roast, part dance, part drag, part stand-up, part performance art, this piece delves into an extreme close up of the self. How Do I Look? poses a question that generates more questions — can I train myself to look without flinching, without cringing?

Come see How Do I Look?
May 7-9, 2026
By Monique Jenkinson

Fauxnique – Performance
Monique Jenkinson – Conception, Creation, Choreography, Writing, Direction
Jesse Hewit – Dramaturgy, Co-direction
Del Medoff – Lighting Design
Marc Kate – Sound Design

Tickets available in bio!

04/22/2026

Marc Kate, the sound designer for the upcoming How Do I Look? by Monique Jenkinson, is an electronic musician based in San Francisco who focuses on what he calls “ambient realism.”

He is half of the prolific synth doom duo My Heart, an Inverted Flame with Andee Connors, and half of new age-damaged kosmische project Driftloss with Colin Marston. #000000, his newest project, is based on corrupted dub techno textures.

He has performed and composed for choreographers, filmmakers and museums from San Francisco to Berlin. He co-produces the podcast Scary Thoughts: Horror, Philosophy, Culture. and has released music on over two dozen labels.

Come see How Do I Look?
May 7-9, 2026
By

Fauxnique – Performance
Monique Jenkinson – Conception, Creation, Choreography, Writing, Direction
Jesse Hewit – Dramaturgy, Co-direction
Del Medoff – Lighting Design
Marc Kate – Sound Design

Tickets available in bio!

04/17/2026