Spiegeltent
Justin Vivian Bond
Photo by David Andrako
August 7–9
Spiegeltent
Photo by David Andrako
August 7–9
Mx Justin Vivian Bond—Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Bard College, 2024 MacArthur Fellow, and patron saint of the Spiegeltent—returns for three performances.
Mx Justin Vivian Bond has appeared on stage (Broadway and Off-Broadway, London’s West End), screen (Shortbus, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Sunset Stories), television (High Maintenance, Difficult People, The Get Down), nightclub stages (most notably a decades-long residency at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater in NYC), and in concert halls worldwide (Carnegie Hall, The Sydney Opera House). Their visual art and installations have been seen in museums and galleries in the US (Participant, Inc, The New Museum) and abroad (Vitrine, London). Vivian’s artwork is also included in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Their memoir Tango: My Childhood Backwards and in High Heels (Feminist Press) won the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction. They are the recipient of an Obie, a Bessie, and a Tony nomination, an Ethyl Eichelberger Award, The Peter Reed Foundation Grant, The Foundation for Contemporary Art Grant for Artists, and The Art Matters Grant.
In 2024, Justin Vivian Bond was named a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. In 2025, Bard College will award them an Honorary Doctorate of the Arts. They have self-released several full-length recordings: most notably Dendrophile and Silver Wells. In 2022, they released Only an Octave Apart (Decca Records), a critically acclaimed collaboration with Anthony Roth Costanzo, produced by Thomas Bartlett with arrangements by Nico Muhly. As one half of the legendary punk cabaret duo Kiki & Herb, they toured the world and released two CDs: Do You Hear What We Hear? and Kiki and Herb Will Die For You at Carnegie Hall.
Mx Bond has been at the forefront of Trans visibility and activism since the early 1990s. They won an Audie Award for Best Non-Fiction narration for the audiobook Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar, the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning biography by C. Carr. They have a Master’s Degree in Performance Design from Central Saint Martins College in London and have taught performance composition and Live Art Installation at NYU and Bard College. Currently, Viv divides their time between residences in New York City’s East Village and the Hudson Valley.
In December 2019, they made their debut at The Vienna Staatsoper in the world premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s Orlando as Orlando’s child. In 2025, Vivian is scheduled to appear in Complications in Sue, a new opera commissioned by Opera Philadelphia, conceived by Viv with a libretto by the Tony Award-winning writer Michael R. Jackson.
Grab a bite and a drink while you’re at the Fisher Center! We offer theater concessions at Sosnoff Theater, LUMA Theater, and Olin Hall. Across the way is the al fresco Spiegeltent Garden—or grab a nosh while seeing a Spiegeltent performance. There is ample space for outdoor picnics across the Bard College campus. Nearby villages and towns in the Hudson Valley boast a large selection of restaurants, as well as a variety of hotels, motels, inns, and bed & breakfasts.
Eat & StayBard College’s main campus is located in Annandale-on-Hudson (a hamlet of Red Hook), New York, on the east bank of the Hudson River, about 90 miles north of New York City and 220 miles southwest of Boston. The Taconic State Parkway and the New York State Thruway provide the most direct routes to our campus. Click the Google map below, or get directions by entering the following address into your GPS: 60 Manor Avenue, Red Hook, NY 12571.
From the East
If you are traveling from east of the Hudson River in New York State, take the Taconic State Parkway to the Red Hook / Route 199 exit, drive west on Route 199 through the village of Red Hook to Route 9G, turn right onto Route 9G, drive north 1.9 miles, turn left onto Annandale Road, then turn right onto Manor Ave.
From the West
If you are traveling from west of the Hudson River, take the New York State Thruway (I-87) to exit 19 (Kingston), take Route 209 (changes to Route 199 at the Hudson River) over the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge to Route 9G, turn left onto Route 9G, drive north 3.5 miles, turn left onto Annandale Road, then turn right onto Manor Ave.
Spiegeltent
Accessible Seating
Wheelchair-accessible seating is available in the ring seat and floor table areas for patrons who use wheelchairs and their companions.
Wheelchair-Accessible Restrooms
A single-use, wheelchair-accessible restroom is available at the Spiegeltent.
All-Gender Restrooms
Bard College and the Fisher Center support guests of any gender identity/expression in using the restroom of their choice. Additionally, all-gender restrooms are available at all venues.
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