Cultural Odyssey
P.O. Box 156680
San Francisco, CA 94115

Phone: (415) 292-1850
FAX: (866) 611-2670

URL: www.culturalodyssey.org
Email: idris@culturalodyssey.org

Founded by Idris Ackamoor in 1979, and joined in 1983 by Rhodessa Jones, Cultural Odyssey’s mission is to stretch the aesthetic boundaries of American art by creating, producing and presenting original performance work that reflects the experiences of contemporary Americans and that is firmly rooted in African-American music, dance and theatrical traditions. Cultural Odyssey locally premieres original productions and conducts national and international tours and community-based programs. The Medea Project Theater for Incarcerated Women serves female inmates and ex-inmates. The Idris Ackamoor Ensemble conducts jazz programming and touring.

Cultural Odyssey selects artists after seeing their work in person. The artistic directors travel to conferences to view work. At other times artists submit promotional packages as well as videos. If the artistic directors are interested after viewing the material, other correspondences are set up with the possibility of viewing the work of the artist in person.

House Capacity: 210

Disciplines: Performance Art, Music, Theatre, Spoken Word, Multi-Discipline