A new ballet for Ballet West
Jamie Erekson and Emily Erekson
Choreographed by Katlyn Addison and Joshua Whitehead.

An interactive sound installation
Emily Erekson
Commissioned by the New York State Council on the Arts

A play with 15 lullabies
Jamie Erekson
With two days left on his mission, Elder Garn navigates a crisis of faith as he struggles to reconcile his interactions with an atheist, a derelict, a holocaust-denier, and a young Iranian mother looking for a sign. Inspired by a true story, this surreal dramedy explores grief, legacy, and what it means to believe.
Currently developing with director Shadi Ghaheri and music director Emily Erekson.

A play with 10 threnodies
Jamie Erekson
In this coming of age dramedy, a grieving mother navigates tragedy through a surreal game of hopscotch. Caught in the middle of an absent father and an ambitious son, she explores grief, identity, and what it means to be a family.
Currently developing with music director Emily Erekson.

An interactive self-portrait
Emily Erekson and Jamie Erekson
was this the face displays a transmorphing mosaic of outsourced selfies deconstructing the notion of identity. Framed beneath the composite image is a counter that answers specific prompts we routinely update on wasthistheface.org. Prompts range from "How many peanut butter and jelly sandwiches have I eaten this week?" to "How many times have I smelled my baby's head this morning?" Currently, it reads: "How many neurological tics do I have in a day?" (Emily has Tourette Syndrome.) This work serves as our artistic playground—a space to explore personal narrative and the liminal space between "Self" and "Other." How do we define ourselves when our image is pieced together from others? How do our narratives shape who we are? Can we ever truly understand the "Other," or are we always reflecting fragments of ourselves?
Commissioned by the New York State Council on the Arts, the Utah Division of Arts and Museums, and the Salt Lake City Arts Council.