Jacinda Ratcliffe is a Chicago-based Performing Artist & Choreographer

She is represented by Big Mouth Talent

Current & Recent Productions


EVANSTON SALT COSTS CLIMBING - First Floor Theater

May 15th-June 14th

Role: Jane Jr.

Winters keep getting worse in Evanston, IL, where salt truck drivers Peter and Basil battle the ice and snow and pass the time with jokes and stories. But what’s with this creeping sense of dread? Is it because their boss Maiworm has noble visions of new green technology that would make their jobs obsolete? Or is there a more terrifying warning calling out from under these roads? At least they have each other, right?

Pulitzer Prize finalist and Succession writer Will Arbery (Plano, Heroes of the Fourth Turning), confronts humanity’s darkest fears with humor, warmth and the fortitude of municipal public servants in this play about climate and change.


CIRCUS QUIXOTE - Lookingglass Theatre Company

Performances Jan. 30th-March 30th

Understudy Antoina/Dulcinea

Somewhere in La Mancha there lived a man who read so many books that his brains dried up…Saddle up with Lookingglass as we go tiltingly, acrobatically into the dreamy madness of Don Quixote and his impossible folly-filled quest to bring good-deed doing back into the world— whether the world wants it or not!


RIGHT HERE - Lucky Plush Productions

Ensemble member

Photo by Sarah Elizabeth Larson

Created by Melinda Jean Myers in collaboration with Lucky Plush ensemble members and composer/musician Lex Leto. This new dance-theater work explores how the body holds opposing states of motivation and apathy, abundance and loss, and hope and despair during a climate crisis. Through visual storytelling and shared choreographies, the ensemble seeks a roadmap for greater awareness and collective action. 

Photo by Sarah Elizabeth Larson

HAPPY SONGS ABOUT UNHAPPY THINGS

A documentary series focused on mental health. Premiered at Cinequest Film & VR Festival in 2024 and had additional screenings at Beloit International Film Festival, the Pan African Film Festival, and BronzeLens Film Festival (nomination for Best Short Documentary).

Ratcliffe contributes to this production both on the Creative Team as Co-Choreographer alongside Damon Green in addition to being a performer.

Recent News


American Theatre Magazine Interview

Interview

PORTAL - Lookingglass Theatre Company

Review

Nice Recovery Podcast

Episode 7: The Choreographer Moving Us in Mysterious Ways

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