Cecilia Dougherty

Joe-Joe

Cecilia Dougherty, Leslie Singer

Taking queer artistic license, Dougherty and Singer together portray a gay male playwright who took 1960s London by storm. The result is a witty play on narcissism and split personality that captures the banality of stardom while paying tribute to promiscuity and transgression.

Grapefruit

Cecilia Dougherty

Jill Garellick, Azian Nurudin

With an all-female cast, featuring Suzie Bright as John Lennon, Cecilia Dougherty's Grapefruit plays with the romanticized history of the iconic Fab Four, gently mocking John and Yoko’s banal squabbles and obsessive rituals of self-display. Based obliquely on Yoko Ono’s book, the piece works on many levels to reposition this mythic tale of the Beatles by casting '80s women in mod drag—effectively mapping the lesbian sub-culture onto heterosexual mass culture. Discounting the importance of reproducing facts and historical accuracy, Dougherty gives an incisive reading of the creation of pop culture icons: it doesn’t matter who plays John Lennon because ultimately John Lennon is not a person anymore. As a star, he is a projection of our society’s collective needs and desires.

Fuck You, Purdue

Cecilia Dougherty

A 1987 video by Cecilia Dougherty

Kevin & Cedar

Cecilia Dougherty

Kevin Killian, Cedar Sigo

An afternoon with San Francisco writers Kevin Killian and Cedar Sigo, as Kevin reads one of Cedar's poems and then one of his own.

Gay Tape: Butch And Femme

Cecilia Dougherty

Coal Miner's Granddaughter

Cecilia Dougherty

Shot primarily in Fisher-Price pixelvision, for the “murky look of memory," COAL MINER'S GRANDDAUGHTER is a profoundly moving family portrait focusing on the youngest daughter Jane, as she leaves her Pennsylvania home and finds sexual independence in San Francisco.

Eileen

Cecilia Dougherty

Eileen Myles

A portrait of poet Eileen Myles as she reads from her novel "Cool For You" and goes about the day in her East Village home.