Access Services: ASL Interpretation
Access Notes: Each Friday of the festival, the performance and post-performance discussion will include ASL Interpretation. Red Eye’s space is wheelchair-accessible. Masks are highly encouraged. Some events require masking and masks will be available. Please only attend if you are feeling well, and if not, tickets may be changed to a different day at no charge.
Location
Schedule and Tickets
A pass to every event Thursday - Saturday is $30. Tickets available through URL. Each evening’s offering will be unrepeatable and accumulate. Each Thursday night of the festival requires masks and offers a discount to Elders; email communications@redeyetheater.org for discount code.
About the Show
May 21-23, 28-30, June 4-6, 11-13, 2026
The 2026 edition of the Red Eye Festival (formerly known as the New Works 4 Weeks Festival) is an annual gathering for live performance works that respond to the current moment and imagine collective transformation. Each year, artist cohorts engage in peer exchange, mutual support and dialogue around creative process that culminates in this public sharing. Over nearly four decades, this incubator of new work has become a cornerstone of the Twin Cities performance landscape.
Kenna-Camara Cottman: “my so-called Legacy”
This immersive creative experience is curated by practices informed by Black American Music and Movement.
Kenna-Camara Cottman is Black, non-binary, a parent, a child and a community member in Mni Sota Makoce.
Kenna may be known for her work with Voice of Culture, as a dancer, choreographer and educator, but it could also be noted that Kenna is also a practitioner of all the elements of Hip Hop, a community radio host and DJ, a certified Yoga teacher, and an improvisational vocalist.
Kenna is a abolitionist non-violent transmitter and receiver and also in the practice of creating and experiencing Black space for cultural arts and liberation. Current projects include self study and reclamation through the Body Prayers cycle.
Kenna is the child of Ancestors Beverly and Bill Cottman, community parents and artists each in their own rights.
Kenna is the mother of Yonci Peaceful, a well-known and respected artist, writer, DJ, activist and musician; and Ebrima Baye, an accomplished soccer player, golfer, enthusiastic gamer and proficient drummer.
www.voiceofculture.org for more information on Kenna's forward facing projects.