About
Brooklyn performance venue JACK was founded in June 2012 with a mission of creating radical access to the arts–serving as a platform for the most adventurous of today’s performing artists and as a vehicle for bridging audiences and educating youth. JACK, located in Clinton Hill, is housed in a standalone building that was built in 1924 as a five-car garage. It has been transformed into a 60-seat flexible performance space that features theater, music, dance and performance art, as well as programs for teens and young children. JACK is named in honor of Artistic Director Alec Duffy’s grandfather, Jack Duffy, who combined work in the community as a minister at New York’s Labor Temple with a great passion for theater, as well as Duffy’s grandmother, Jacqueline deBrun, a born entertainer and lover of the arts.
