12 Minutes Max: ESP, 2025. Photography: Amitava Sarkar.
The DeLUXE Theater
3303 Lyons Ave, Houston, Texas 77020
DiverseWorks is excited to present a new edition of 12 Minutes Max on May 15 and 16, 2025, organized by the DiverseWorks Artist Advisory Committee at the historic DeLUXE Theater in Fifth Ward.
A short-form performance showcase for new and in-progress works up to twelve minutes long, 12 Minutes Max: ESP is presented over two evenings with a unique line-up each night (see the full schedule below). Lead artists are: Aveda Adara, Mashal Awais, Emilio Carrera, Shelby Craze, Eli Greene, Loren Holmes, Koomah, Alexandra Lechin, Adele Nickel, Corey De’Juan Sherrard Jr., Jadd Tank, and Isabella Mireles Vik.
The theme of this festival revolves around the initials ESP. Whether you interpret it as experimental short performances, extrasensory perception, extra saucy pasta, every sexy person, or simply enjoy something performative—it’s up to you. We are not defining ‘experimental’ in any particular way. Let the experiment be whatever you believe it means today. There are no parameters for artists in this one-of-a-kind program.
PERFORMANCES
Thursday, May 15 at 7 PM, doors 6:30 PM
Featuring:
Aveda Adara
Mashal Awais
Shelby Craze
Alexandra Lechin
Adele Nickel with Kyle Rucker
Jadd Tank with Nora Alami
Friday, May 16, 7 PM, doors 6:30 PM
Featuring:
Emilio Carrera
Eli Greene
Loren Holmes
Koomah with John Faust, Melp, and Olly Oxen
Corey De’Juan Sherrard Jr.
Isabella Mireles Vik with Aufheben Ensemble
Approximate run time: 72 minutes, no intermission
PRESS
Top 5: May 15, 2025, Glasstire (May 2025)
SUPPORT
12 Minutes Max: ESP is supported in part by an Arts Respond Grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts.
DiverseWorks 2024-25 general operating and program support is from the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, The Brown Foundation, Inc., Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, the George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation, Houston Endowment, National Arts Strategies, National Performance Network, The Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation, Ruth Foundation for the Arts, Teiger Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Wortham Foundation, and DiverseWorks Art & Climate Partners, patrons and members.