Beginning in 2014 (and concluding in 2038), The Sincerity Project is a 24-year iterative performance experiment that captures the passage of time and its impact on the bodies, minds, and emotions of a group of individuals over two and half decades. The project gathers the same ensemble of creator-performers every two-to-three years to develop a new installment, each its own original devised work of theater that reflects the changes in the ensemble’s lives and in the world. Sincerity is an attempt to create a space for both personal and communal reflection by returning to each other and to the theater, ultimately inviting its artists and audience to sincerely engage with the harrowing, beautiful, and complex realities that come with time’s passing.
An ambitious and audacious undertaking, each unique installment serves as a kind of creative archiving practice, inviting both the performers and audience, whom we affectionately refer to as “the village,” to mark the passage of time. Alongside each installment’s performance, audience members are invited to write “letters to future selves,” which we hold onto until the next installment.
The Sincerity Project is a truly original endeavor. Sometimes referred to as the experimental theater world’s “Boyhood” or “7-Up Series” (a film and TV series that capture the passage of time over many years), no other live performance activity has aimed to gather the same community of artists and audience for two and half decades.
An ambitious and audacious undertaking, each unique installment serves as a kind of creative archiving practice, inviting both the performers and audience, whom we affectionately refer to as “the village,” to mark the passage of time. Alongside each installment’s performance, audience members are invited to write “letters to future selves,” which we hold onto until the next installment.
The Sincerity Project is a truly original endeavor. Sometimes referred to as the experimental theater world’s “Boyhood” or “7-Up Series” (a film and TV series that capture the passage of time over many years), no other live performance activity has aimed to gather the same community of artists and audience for two and half decades.
THE Sincerity Project Iterations
For information about each Sincerity Project iteration, take a look at the pages below
THE Sincerity Project membership
Become a monthly sustaining SINCERITY PROJECT Member and receive exclusive monthly content from Team Sunshine and THE SINCERITY PROJECT cast and creative team! This $5 monthly membership allows Team Sunshine to ensure the future of the incredibly ambitious and unique 24 year-long performance project! 100% of funds raised from the memberships directly support THE SINCERITY PROJECT production costs.
SINCERITY PROJECT Members Receive:
SINCERITY PROJECT Members Receive:
- A member exclusive monthly video update from a SINCERITY PROJECT cast member
- A personalized thank you from Team Sunshine
- Surprise activities from THE SINCERITY PROJECT
- Access to the members only Facebook group
- A warm and fuzzy feeling inside because you are making the performance world a better place!