Bio

Constance Jaquay Strickland, founder of Theatre Roscius, is known for her singular experimental choreography, performance art films, avant-garde movement, and physical photography installations.

Strickland debuted This Grief Will Be of Use Parts I + II, a movement eulogy, and the physical photography fine art exhibition An Antebellum Theory at Art Share L.A. She recently premiered A Black Women’s Liberation in cross-collaboration with Takesome/Leavesome’s The Shwang Out. She has completed a residency at The Getty Villa Theatre Lab and the Baryshnikov Arts Center for her new one-act play, Medea Refracted, which will have a 2027 premiere. Her latest movement piece, mercy: An Ode to Black Women’s Labor, will debut in July 2025 during the WEHO Arts Outside Festival. Her physical film, And Then There Was Silence, is dedicated to women who have lost a child and will premiere in 2026. Her solo, A Study on the Weight of Blackness (Unveils) A Study on the Defiance of Being Black, will be developed in residency during the 2025-2026 season