Theater Camp, one more time!

I don't have the opportunity to work for Whitebird very often, but its a joyful summer playtime for making theater with kids.  This year I designed a set of three giant bills featuring removable faces!  George, Andrew, and Alexander got replaced by Harriet Tubman, Amelia Earhart, Louisa May Alcott, and US!

Poofs in Canada

I was overwhelmed by the community and support at Les Sages Fous' Microfestival this June.  I was invited to bring an unfinished Poof performance to the festival and arrived with 4 Poofs, a Puff, and one human (me!).

By the weekend I was thoroughly inspired and had developed (with lots of assistance!) 15 minutes of clown-poof material to music from Swan Lake.  I hope to expand it to a 50 minute long show for touring.  Thanks to my Swiss and Canadian Poofers, and Jacob for his awesome directing.

Meditation Zero as culmination of Mabou Mines Residency

I wrote and directed another show inspired by the Erdos Discrepancy in May 2016 called Meditation Zero.   A band of pretend scientists perform research to early 80s music while pontificating on the nature of reality, humanity, and the on and the off.  The play is a rumination on what Freud would recognize as the Death Drive, but which I am reframing as The Cyborg Situation.

Performed by Kate Brehm, Anthony Napoletano, Hannah Schilsky, and Benjamin Heller.  Stage Managed by Hye Chyun.  Lit by Dave Moodey.  With eyeballs and advice from Gregory Schott and Karen Kandel.

Things Fall Apart

On March 5th and 6th, 2016 I performed Things Fall Apart during Culturemart at Here Arts Center.  The movement-theater-performance-art piece featuring myself and 4 folding chairs has been brewing for many years.  And i've finally completed it!

Thanks to: My ninja puppeteers Jenny Campbell and Jacob Graham; My long time collaborators Gregory Schott (directing) and Poe Saegusa (lighting); my new and all-in stage manager Hye Chyun; and the presenters: Kristin Marting, Kim Whitener, Barbara Busackino, and Basil Twist.

photo by Benjamin Heller

Slow Dancing in Times Square

By the grace of Chashama I was granted the use of a space most perfect for a slow dance, a former dance school with a large open wooden dance floor and vaulted ceilings.  I couldn't help myself and had to produce one more event.  Thanks to so many stars and helpers inlcuding the inimitable Sxip Shirey (MC) and the relentlessly groovin James Mulry (DJ)

photo by Timothy Murray