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Heather Jones

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I BECAME WE 10/16-11/22 @atlantictheater
NEVER LAND 11/19 @unicornkingston
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One Body #workinprogress
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i felt most creative as an adult during covid lockdown when i was terrified and unemployed and bored but it was a joy to make art because idk what else are you gonna do when the world is ending. i’ve been figuring out how to find that feeling again, in between life and gigging and the nyc of it all. and over the past 8 months i've been so grateful for a patchwork of residencies: @avalochfarmmusicinstitute last summer, @way.of.love.in.sunnyside in the fall, & @bechdelproject this month. and slowly but surely this little seed of an idea about growing up being trans and singing church music in the south is becoming a real show 🌱
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i'm speaking about my ~process~ on 3/12 at @stpaulscarrollst as part of their lent visiting artist series and my first public preview will be in June with @sourgrapesproductions c/o @brynn_owen :))) and in between i’ll be in queens with @frcarlsunnyside cooking up liturgical music for omnichord.
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so! idk! the world is still ending and maybe that’s my problematic muse! by @hbeeejay

Have you ever wondered what Captain Hook was like before Peter took his hand? Or curious if Wendy would ever try HRT?

All will be revealed when you find yourself in Dicky Dutton & Heather Jones’ NEVER LAND, brought to full production with Liberty City Arts. Their first show of 2026’s @fringearts festival, this queer theatrical cabaret finds pirates, mothers, villain origin stories colliding when our beloved childhood characters attempt to grow up or grow out of the expectations assigned to them at birth.

With those familiar Bernstein & Rittman tunes from the 1950 and 1954 Barrie Broadway productions interspersed, new songs and incidental music by Michael Lewis transport you to a land of curiosity, mischief, and confusion of childhood imagination, ultimately creating a dark but whimsical allegory for queer escapism.

Thursday, September 10 & Saturday, September 12
Latvian Society - Northern Liberties

Two nights only. Tickets in bio, matey.
#PhillyFringe2026 #FringeFestival #queerart #opera #thingstodoinphilly by @hbeeejay

sang to a sold out MSG with @amyjustman and the @genshinimpact world tour last weekend. surreal! so many costumes in the audience! incredible players and crew! thanks to @jimneglia for being a logistics king and for including us in this stellar group
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jumbotron feed: @nielktrebor / stage mom photo: niconeeek by @hbeeejay

cabin in the woods summer pt. 1 by @hbeeejay

🏴‍☠️ NEVER LAND 🏴‍☠️
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@fringearts x @libertycityarts
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📸 @chungyac 🖤 by @hbeeejay

blue barry jones. sweet boy. scoopy. my son. it’s been two months. i miss him every dang day and his ashes are on my bedside table and sometimes in my backpack if i’m going somewhere he’d enjoy. i asked him to visit me a few nights ago and the next morning i got a scratch on my arm that looked like a scratch he could’ve given me. that little punk. it sounds woowoo but i swear i felt it when he stopped being in his body and started being everywhere. it felt like when you push your arms against the inside of a door frame and then when you leave the door frame your arms just float up.

when i first brought blue home, he had the most endearing cold, which obviously made it impossible to give him away when the foster period was over. and i like to think he was waiting for me to get back east before he left us. idk. he’s got good timing. he also got up after multiple rounds of sleeping meds (!) so he could finish what was left in his food bowl before leaving this mortal realm. legend. shoutout to monsieur bleu for all the cuddles, snores, chomps, and endless lessons about love. and loss. everybody eat too much of your favorite snack in his honor. by @hbeeejay

Join us Saturday August 22nd for our next Open Studio day! 🐦‍⬛🩷

With map in hand meet the artists from Session 3 in their studios, visit our pop-up exhibition space to see more work from Communal and Cottage Resident Artists, and stick around after 4 for a musical and literary showcase from our talented Literary and Performing Artists!

For a map of participating Artists, performer lineup, and studio locations head to the Villetta Inn (3 Upper Byrdcliffe Way)

📍3 Upper Byrdcliffe Way
🗓️ Saturday, August 22nd
⏰Open Studios 1-4 / Showcase
4-5 by @hbeeejay

first run thru ✅ 🧚 ✅ 🧚🏼‍♀️ ✅ 🧚🏼‍♂️
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never land
thurs 9/10 @ 7:30pm & sat 9/12 @ 8pm @latviansociety
🪩 @dickydutton @hbeeejay
🎹 @m.a.lew
👀 @freerosie
🫂 @libertycityarts @fringearts
🎼 “There are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden” - Liza Lehmann by @hbeeejay

bestie got married to magic mike and then we all stayed for 2 more days to play in the mountains
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i feel so lucky to still know and love the people i grew up with. we may have more kids and dogs and back pain now, but this crew will never say no to a dance floor, a costume party, committing to a game of human knot, or an excuse to celebrate each other. @jl.mcginty + @mijamaroo thank you for planning and hosting the most fun summer camp wedding and for bringing our extended families together. see you next year! 🏕️ by @hbeeejay

earlier this year i blocked out time to wonder/wander around the country in Big Val the van. This was my third car camping road trip, but by far the longest and least planned :)

i hugged so many loved ones and made meals and held babies and animals and painted and built furniture and cleaned out a garage and had a saxophone lesson and then actually broke that saxophone (saxophones are so fragile!) and went dancing in many states and got marginally better at snowboarding and skateboarding and fell asleep on a roof watching the sun swap places with the moon. and also! sat in deeply quiet and ordinary moments that were somehow more meaningful than anything else. it was so fun and sometimes scary! i am suuuper lucky and grateful to have a life & community where i can fuck off into the desert for a while and be welcomed back with enthusiasm and care and understanding. thank you to everyone who held and housed me. thank you to Val. thank you to location sharing and gps technology. huge thank you to earth and really all the planets for letting us live here.
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so hbj what next? thank you for asking! existentially still wondering/wandering and accepting that maybe that’s just my forever state of being?? buuut geographically i’m an artist in residence at @woodstock_byrdcliffe_guild for the spring and summer. my wee cabin is named Little Angelus which is both very cute and fitting since i’ll working on (finishing?!) ONE BODY during my time there. among other things! come visit! by @hbeeejay

here i am being trans and visible and cute on a road trip and somehow finding the will to live authentically and take up space every day. ily! 🏳️‍⚧️ by @hbeeejay

happy @st_vincent’s day ☘️🏥 by @hbeeejay