Maya Pen Raquel
Artist & Organizer
Curation & Performance
portal juice
2019 - Art Klub, New Orleans
An immersive installation exploring the intersections of human, animal, and machine
Installation by Maya Pen and Cora Grove
Music by Daiquiri Rene Jones
Post Humanism Show
2017, Philadelphia
Immersive theater show featuring works from Philadelphia artists on the topics of post humanism and post truth.
Contributing playwrights and installation artists - Maya Pen, Taj Rauch, Cami Pileggi, Josh Walker.
Event produced by Taj Rauch and Cami Pileggi.
Bawdy for the border
2019-2020, La Plante Montreal
A performance series celebrating latinx artist and performers in Montreal with educational resources on the refugee crisis in North America. All Bawdy For the Border events begin with dinner, an hour of presentations from community organizers, followed by performances.
All proceeds went to a different organization or shelter supporting undocumented communities in Montreal, or at the Southern US border.
Produced, curated, and hosted by Maya Pen and Bettina Perez.
The Agency
A 2 act play written and directed by Maya Pen
Costume and scenic design by Maya Pen
Stage managed by Geaninna Riley
Tongue in Cheek
2018 - Headlong Studios
Interdisciplinary gallery and immersive theater exhibition featuring local Philadelphia artists
Curated and produced by Maya Pen
Co-curator Mike Hoover
cash operating companions
Performance project started by Cora Grove in which she and Maya Pen assumed various silent characters on Bourbon St, New Orleans, and offered people silent handholding and active listening for $1 / minute, documenting their experiences and their relationships to silence and emotional labor.