Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Jaclyn has been based in Austin since 2002. She has worked with various companies and collectives, including Redmoon Theatre, CollaborAction, Stage Left Theatre, SCRAP Mettle SOUL, The Bailiwick, and Steppenwolf Theatre (Chicago); HERE Arts Center, New York Theatre Workshop, and Brooklyn Arts Exchange (New York); and Frontera @ Hyde Park Theatre, Austin Script Works, Refraction Arts, Theatre Action Project, The Austin Project, The Creative Research Lab, UT Dept. of Theatre and Dance, Odyssey Works, and First Night Austin (Austin). She has also trained with the SITI Company, The Center for Movement Research (New York), Plasticene Physical Theatre (Chicago), and Soujourn Theatre (Portland), and worked with world-renowned artists Anne Bogart, Ann Carlson, Laurie Carlos, Daniel Alexander Jones, Sekou Sundiata, and Michael Rohd, among others.
In 2005, Jaclyn was commissioned by First Night Austin to create BREAD, for which she won a First Night International "Creative Programming" Award. In 2006, she conceived and directed pink: a (love) courier service, also commissioned by First Night Austin, underwritten by the Still Water Foundation—nominated as “Best Independent Project of the Year” by the Austin Critics Table 2007. Pink traveled to Portland last summer for their Pedalpalooza Festival and is on tour to Chicago in 2008. Her ongoing performance memorial, floodlines, which began in 2004, will conclude its seven-year cycle in 2010. In fall 2008, Jaclyn is teaming up with Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman of Climbing PoeTree to help produce their Austin production of Hurricane Season.
In addition to her artistic practice, Jaclyn has also published essays and reviews about other artists' work, including Peggy Shaw, Lois Weaver, Deb Margolin, Carmelita Tropicana, Marga Gomez, and Alain Buffard. She holds degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and The University of Texas, where she currently teaches for the Free Minds Project and is a candidate for a PhD. Jaclyn is a company member of Refractions Arts Project, as well as The Austin Project.
Education
M.A., Performance as Public Practice (2004)
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
B.A. magna cum laude, Performing Arts (1999)
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
The University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (1997-1998)
Hertford College
Other training:
SITI Company, NY (viewpoints and composition), The Center for Movement Research, NY (Mary Overlie, floor bar), Plasticene Physical Theatre, Chicago (physical theatre, devising), Soujourn Theatre (Michael Rohd, devising)
Selected Masterclasses:
Tina Landau, Anne Bogart, Liz Lerman, Peggy Shaw, Lois Weaver, Deb Margolin, Ann Carlson,
Laurie Carlos, Charles Mee, Daniel Alexander Jones, Sekou Sundiata.
Employment
Teaching:
Writing Consultant, Free Minds Project (Austin, TX)
2007-present
*teach writing to low-income adults in year-round arts/humanities course
Assistant Instructor, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Texas
2004-2007
*taught undergraduate courses, including Introduction to Theatre and Acting
Teaching Artist, Theatre Action Project (Austin, TX)
2003-2006
*taught creative drama to low-income middle-school students
Guest Artist, St. Stevens Academy (Austin, TX)
2005-present
*teach Viewpoints and Suzuki methods to high school students
Teaching Assistant, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Texas
2002-2004
*assisted professor in teaching various undergraduate courses in theatre
Arts Administration:
Community Liaison, College of Fine Arts, University of Texas
2006-2007
*organized community engagement events for Sekou Sundiata's year-long
51st (Dream) State residency
Public Presentations or Publications of Work
Presentations, Exhibitions and Festivals:
Pink: A (Love) Courier Service—documentary film
Official Selection, Bicycle Film Festival, NY, NY (2008)
Pink: A (Love) Courier Service (2007)
Presented in collaboration with Pedalpalooza Festival, Portland, OR
Pink: A (Love) Courier Service (2006)
Presented by First Night Austin
Correspondence+Fear (2007)
co-conceived with Leanne Zacharias and Katalin Hausel, cur. Jade Walker
Presented by The Creative Research Lab, Austin for "Collaboration from Conception" Exhibit
Floodlines (2008)
Independently produced event, supported by the City of Austin, Cultural Contract
Floodlines (2007)
Independently produced event, supported by the City of Austin, Cultural Contract
Floodlines (2006)
Presented by Refraction Arts Project's Fusebox Festival, Austin
Floodlines (2005)
Presented by Refraction Arts Projects' Fusebox Festival, Austin
Floodlines (2004)
Independently produced event, supported by a grant from the Zachary T. Scott Family, University of Texas
A Movable Feast (2007)
co-conceived with collective of ten artists
Presented by Odyssey Works, San Francisco and Austin
Bread (2005)
Presented by First Night Austin
Assimulation (2006)
Presented by the Women and Theatre Conference, Chicago
Assimulation (2005)
Presented by Frontera Festival, Austin
Dress Like a Docent (2005)
Presented by Frontera Festival, Austin
A Game of Badminton (2003)
Presented by The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Conference of ATHE (NY)
Awards and Honors
Grants
Cultural Contract, City of Austin (2007-2008)
*individual artist grant for 7-year site-specific project, Floodlines
Cultural Contract, City of Austin (2006-2007)
*individual artist grant for 7-year site-specific project, Floodlines
Grant, Stillwater Foundation (2006)
*foundation support for Pink in Austin
Grant, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Fredericksburg, TX (2003-2004)
*support for community engagement project at Sauer-Beckmann State Park and
Living History Museum
Grant, Zachary T. Scott Family, University of Texas (2004)
*support for Floodlines production
Commissions for New Work
Commission, Correspondence + Fear, Creative Research Lab, Austin, TX (2007)
*co-commission with musician Leanne Zacharias and visual artist Katalin Hausel for interdisciplinary
"Collaboration from Conception" exhibition
cur. Jade Walker
Commission, Pink, First Night Austin (2006)
Commission, Bread, First Night Austin (2005)
Awards
Nomination, Best Independent Project of the Year (2007)
Austin Critics Table Awards
*for Pink
Winner, Deacon Crane Award for New Work (2006)
Austin Critics Table Awards
*for Floodlines and Bread
Winner, Prism Award for Creative Programming (2006)
First Night International
*for Bread
Academic Scholarships and Fellowships
Lucas Foundation Endowed Fellowship
The University of Texas, Austin
Morton Brown Scholarship in Drama
The University of Texas, Austin
Robert J. Willis Fellowship in Fine Arts
The University of Texas, Austin
Selected Bibliography
Features and Reviews:
Outon, Chantal. Cover Story. L Style G Style Magazine. July/August 2008. (forthcoming).
Agresta, Mike. “Austinist Reviews Floodlines 2008.” The Austinist. http://austinist.com/2008/04/23/austinist_revie_16.php
Skidmore, Sarah. "Love on the Line." Associated Press (online). http://asap.ap.org/data/interactives/_entertainment/pinknotes/
Muldoon, Katy. "A Loopy Love Story: XOXO PDX." Portland Oregonian. 18 Jun 2007.
Maus, Jonathon. "Love Courier Service Sets up Shop in Portland." Bike Portland (online). 8 Jun 2007.
http://bikeportland.org/2007/06/08/love-courier-service-sets-up-shop-in-portland
Faires, Robert. "Floodlines: Hyde Park Again Awash in Wonder." The Austin Chronicle. 19 Apr 2007.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A467003
Morgan, Jonathon. "Feel the Love at Pink." The Austinist (online). 29 Dec 2006.
http://austinist.com/2006/12/29/feel_the_love_at_pink.php
Journals:
Bonin-Rodriguez, Paul, Jill Dolan, and Jaclyn Pryor. "Colleague Criticism: Peformance, Writing, and
Queer Collegiality." Ed. Craig Gingrich-Philbrook. Liminalities: Journal of Performance Studies
(forthcoming 2008).
Chapters in Books:
Bonin-Rodriguez, Paul. "Jaclyn Pryor's BREAD." Artists Material Practices: The Ideology of Funding and
Support for Independent Performing Artists. Dissertation, University of Texas, 2006.
Interviews:
Bortmann, Tori and Ayleen Crody. Interview. KBOO Radio, Portland. 7 Jun 2007.
http://cdn.libsyn.com/portlandtransport/kboobike_20070607.mp3
Moody, Julie. "The Color Pink in the Capitol City." KUT Radio (Local NPR). 13 Dec 2006.
http://www.kut.org/items/show/6748
Morgan, Jonathon. "Driver, Take Me To The Art: Austinist Interviews Floodlines' Creator Jaclyn Pryor."
The Austinist. 19 Apr 2006.
http://austinist.com/2006/04/19/driver_take_me_to_the_art_austinist_interviews_floodlines_creator_
jaclyn_pryor.php
Miscellaneous
Professional Affiliations:
Company Member, Refraction Arts Project, Austin
Member, The Austin Project
Member, Austin Circle of Theatres
Member, Fractured Atlas, New York
Member, Performance Studies International
