Mikéah Jennings
Artist-in-Residence Program
Mikéah Jennings
Artist-In-Residence Program
Featuring 2026 Artist in Residence Neil Totton
The Mikéah Jennings Artist-in-Residence was designed in alignment with wild project’s core mission statement, and the program goal is to increase equity for performance artists. We strongly encourage the work of BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ performers to open doors for historically underrepresented artist communities.
wild project recognizes the urgent need for allocating resources to artists working in the performance-art milieu, as this unique form of presentation is vital to New York’s theater culture but these often encounter challenges in locating support.
The program gives artists 2-weeks of free access to our 89-seat theater to rehearse, develop, and perform work-in-progress projects for a live audience. Artists will receive tech and design support from wild project’s in-house tech team, and an artist fee.
Neil Totton
Neil Totton is a multidisciplinary video, music, and theater artist who creates highly-energetic ritualistic performances grounded in sensibilities that speak to the issues of our times. His recent works, including Fit for Love, Fit for Freedom, Wait For Today, Trouble Of The World, The Fit Prince of New York, Becoming Relevant, and Slave For Love have been developed or performed at TheaterLab, Brooklyn Comedy Collective, The Evolution Festival, Denton Black Film Festival, The Social Distancing Festival sponsored by the General Consulate of Canada, JCC Harlem, New World Stages, Lululemon Hub 17, The inHEIRtence Project, The GloveboXX Collective and Easton Mountain Music Festival.
In 2025, he originated a leading role in We The Messiah, a hip-hop remix of Handel’s Messiah by Darian Dauchan and has been featured in the musicals Hairspray (Seaweed), A Chorus Line (Richie), and The Color Purple (Bobby/Guard). He has danced as a guest artist with the Ballet Black in London UK, Walkerdance in New York, and Arthur Aviles BAAD Dance Theater. He has choreographed for the Sing Harlem Gospel Choir and has served as assistant choreographer for the North American and International Tours of “Aida” and “Jazz A’La Carte” at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem.
He has appeared in the New York Times, Men’s Journal, and was selected as one of New York Magazine’s Top 10 Trainers for his work in the fitness industry. He has studied at HB Studios, Steps on Broadway, the William Esper Studio, Gotham’s Writers Workshop, the International Center of Photography, and the Electronic Music Collective. His EP Movin’ On is currently streaming on music platforms and he is humbled to be the Mikéah Jennings Artist-in-Residence.
Honoring Mikéah
Mikéah Jennings
wild project honors the life, artistry, and enduring legacy of artist Mikéah Jennings, a vital force in wild project’s formative years, helping to establish the organization’s foundation as our very first Box Office Manager. While performing with the visionary theater company Big Art Group on the European tour of House of No More, Mikéah developed a profound creative kinship with Producing Artistic Director Ana Mari de Quesada. It is through this shared history and personal impact that Mikéah’s work and spirit live on in wild project’s Artist-in-Residence program. In this program, we seek to support a creative that aligns with the fierce and tireless spirit of Mikéah Jennings as a pivotal force in the downtown performance scenes of New York City and across the world.
Apply to the Program
Mikéah Jennings Artist-in-Residence projects will be considered on an ongoing basis.