2023-2024 MARNmentee Gina Cornejo is pleased to present “It hurts now like it did then” here at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB on Saturday, March 9th 5-7pm.
one night only premiere of original stories
live autobiographical storytelling
first hometown performance in decades
casual participation encouraged
masking encouraged
adult themes + content
an appetizer performance by Cornejo of her main course to be featured in the MARN Mentorship Exhibition, April 5 - May 26, 2024.
“Be my time travel companions for these stories that will transport us as ill-fated pilgrims hiking the Camino de Santiago in Portugal and Spain, back to a 2020 pandemic romance in Asheville, North Carolina, a pivotal July heatwave in Chicago, and the unhinged inner dialogue of relationship purgatory.”
This event is free and open to the public. Donations are kindly accepted in support of the MARNmentorship Program. We are located at 191 N Broadway Suite 102. The main entrance does not have automated front doors off the sidewalk of Broadway. However, once entered into our corridor, a wheelchair lift is available.
About Gina Cornejo:
Multidisciplinary artist Gina Cornejo (she/they) is an Americana Peruana and Queer identifying creative. Aiming for a pinnacle of honesty to be revealed by curating intimate autobiographical theatrical performances for our collective healing, the mediums they specialize in are writing, immersive solo performance, and storytelling. For 17 years, claiming Chicago as her artistic home, Cornejo contributed her writing, choreography, and theatrical concepts to Teatro Luna, a multiple Jeff Award winning Latinx/WOC company. Navigating the art scene in Asheville, North Carolina, she was selected for the First Draft Residency at Revolve Gallery (2021) debuting her deviously detailed solo show “when sugar was sugar was sugar,” alongside her pandemic-born collaborative short film “Atmosphere.”
“Dirty Laundry,” Cornejo’s ambitious writing project that unapologetically discloses the irreverent unraveling of her marriage and divorce was coupled with innovative choreography and cinematic elements from Stewart Owen Dance (Moses Sumney) and videographer Josh Finck (Jack Harlow). Cornejo was the first artist selected for the Story/Arts Residency at Story Parlor (2022), where she showcased the visually captivating 35 minute collaborative film while integrating her live solo performance.
“Dirty Laundry” was recently featured at the Asheville Fringe Festival (2023). Gina Cornejo proudly resides on the advisory board of Story Parlor.
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