Choreographer and performer Jenn Freeman has always possessed the gift of movement. From a very early age, she simply had to dance… all the time. But with that ever-present need to jump, leap, shake and squirm came a struggle to exist harmoniously in a world that seemed to assault her senses and sense of equilibrium at every turn. Pushing through these personal barriers, she became a successful and sought-after teacher in the contemporary dance community. Now, in collaboration with Tony-award winning choreographer Sonya Tayeh, she readies her first solo, evening length work, ‘Is It Thursday Yet?’ that confronts a later in life diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Executive produced by Amy Schumer and Chris Fischer, and directed by gifted filmmaker Alexander Hammer, Freeman takes the audience on a journey of raw vulnerability as she mines her memories of childhood to piece together the road map to her diagnosis. Through the creation of her new project and a monumental move out of her longtime NYC home, Freeman strives for answers to a decades-long struggle of her mind. In doing so, she illuminates a dark and confusing existence for both her and Hammer alike.—Liza Domnitz

Alexander Hammer