Founder & Artistic Director
Modesto Flako Jimenez is a Dominican-born, Bushwick-raised theater maker, producer, and educator. Flako is best known for original productions and three signature festivals produced with his company, Oye Group. Flako has appeared in Early Shaker Spirituals (Wooster Group), Last Night At The Palladium (Bushwick Starr/3LD), Yoleros (Bushwick Starr/IATI theater), Conversations Pt.1: How To Make It Black In America (JACK), Take Me Home (3LD/Incubator Arts Project), Richard Maxwell’s Samara (Soho Rep.), and Kaneza Schaal’s Jack & (BAM). Modesto received the 2016 Princess Grace Award Honorarium in Theater. His current site-specific play, Taxilandia, is a NYT Critic’s pick.