Iris McCloughan

Iris McCloughan (they/them) is a performance maker, writer, and artist in New York City.

Iris's performance work has been presented in NYC (The Poetry Project, Castelli Gallery, Ars Nova, Movement Research at Judson Church, PAGEANT, JACK), Philadelphia (Institute of Contemporary Art, The Barnes Foundation, FringeArts, Philadelphia Contemporary), Chicago (Links Hall), Minneapolis (Bryant-Lake Bowl), and Detroit (Public Pool). Most recently, they directed Joan Jonas and Eiko Otake's collaborative performance Drawing in Circles WHY? at Castelli Gallery. They have collaborated as a performer, dramaturg, and writer with many other artists, including Eiko Otake, Joan Jonas, Beth Gill, Mike Lala, Jaime Maseda, Toby Altman, Doug LeCours, Jessie Young, Julie Mayo, Pig Iron Theater Company, and Team Sunshine Performance Corporation.

Iris is a past winner of the Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize from American Poetry Review and was named a finalist in nonfiction for Best of the Net 2020. They are the author of three poetry chapbooks, including triptych (greying ghost, 2022) and Bones to Peaches (Seven Kitchens Press, 2021). Their writing has appeared in American Poetry Review, Prelude, Tupelo Quarterly, juked, jubilat, Gertrude, Denver Quarterly, and Queen Mob's Teahouse, among many others. 
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• “A THRILLING and frenetic mental breakdown of a show!”

  — Naveen Kumar, The New York Times

• “Alex Tatarsky’s physicality is second to none — they are FEARLESS and UNPREDICTABLE. This is a BLISTERING, BRILLIANT show, relentless in its invention and humor.”

  — Kyle Turner, New York Theater Guide