aunts is

a performance collective rooted in joy, care, experimentation, and community.

inspired by the collective power of aunties—those bold, nurturing, fly-as-hell guides who shape us—we create space for artists to gather, move, play, and be witnessed.


AUNTS is where movement meets memory, where legacy becomes action.


we make you a plate. we hold your hand. we tell it like it is.


we are your biggest fans, your fiercest protectors, your day ones.


we are AUNTS.

the collective was founded by Jmy James Kidd and Rebecca Brooks in 2005, co-organized by Liliana Dirks-Goodman and Laurie Berg from 2009-2020, and is currently organized by jess pretty.

auntie jess, Steph and Jas @ the Mother’s Day Block Party

photo credit: Cassie Dietrich