we come to collect: a flirtation, with capitalism

WORLD PREMIERE
AUG 25–SEP 27, 2025

Written, co-directed, and performed by Jenn Kidwell
Co-directed by jaamil olawale kosoko and Adam Lazarus

we come to collect was commissioned by Woolly Mammoth’s Weissberg Commission program and developed with support from MCA Chicago, the Ucross Foundation Residency, Under the Radar’s UFO series, Venturous Theatre Fund, Subcircle Residency Program, and The Flea.

This project is made possible, in part, by the Culpeper Arts Fund of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor. we come to collect was made possible with funding by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Theater Project, with lead funding from the Mellon Foundation and additional support from the Doris Duke Foundation. Production design support provided by the Edith Lutyens and Norman Bel Geddes Design Enhancement Fund, a program of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York).

Ooh, you feel that on your neck? That tantalizing whisper? That’s capitalism, and she wants you bad.

OBIE Award winning artist Jenn Kidwell and Brandon Kazen-Maddox answer capitalism’s siren call in an evening of hysterical undertakings. The world premiere of we come to collect: a flirtation, with capitalism, instigated by the artistic collective the blackening, debunks the alluring tale of American economic might weaving stand-up comedy, performance art, and the carnivalesque. You know you can’t resist.

CAST & CREATIVE TEAM

WRITER, CO-DIRECTOR, & PERFORMER
Jennifer Kidwell*
ASL ARTIST
Brandon Kazen-Maddox*
CO-DIRECTOR
Adam Lazarus
SCENIC DESIGNER
Jian Jung
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Evan Spigelman
SOUND DESIGNER
Jordan McCree
VIDEO DESIGNER
Matthew Deinhart
PROPS & OBJECTS DESIGNER
Petra Floyd
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
Lisa McGinn
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
Kyra Davis
CREATIVE PRODUCER
Jecca Barry
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Brian Freeland
CREATIVE CONSULTANT
jaamil olawale kosoko

*appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association