Mixtape 1: monica Bill Barnes and Company

About the Curators: Monica Bill Barnes and Robbie Saenz de Viteri

Collaborators Robbie Saenz de Viteri and Monica Bill Barnes run Monica Bill Barnes & Company together and make performances that combine their shared interest in the underlying comedy at work in our lives and create shows that strive to find something sacred in the mundane. They cross genres between dance, theater, storytelling, creative nonfiction, feminist treatises, and comedy. Their work has traveled to a wide range of theaters ranging from off-Broadway's Playwrights Horizons and WP Theater to The Sydney Opera House, and many in between. They've also created performances in malls, conference rooms, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, interactive websites and most recently in New York Public Library's flagship location, the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. They redefine what constitutes performance in every show, while maintaining the audience's experience as the center of everything they create. Their work has been honored by the Bessie Awards, the Lilly Awards, and the Chita Rivera Awards, as well as numerous foundations.  In 2025, they were awarded a joint Guggenheim Fellowship and together, they are honored to be a part of the 100th Class.