Most photos by Lava Alapai.
Director | Choreographer | Performer
Rest Room - Gerding Theater Rest Room, Portland Center Stage/JAW Festival of New Plays, (PDX), HERE American Living Room Festival 2002, chashama, NYC
Mutt - Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, PDX
Stages - Portland Center Stage/JAW Festival of New Plays, PDX
Break, Then Open - Tribe Theater, PDX
Agony Sketches - Williamsburg Art Nexus, NYC
hope you are doing fine this is a song - ps122, Danspace, NYC
Soul Geek - Culture Project, NYC; The Actor's Gang, Theater of NOTE, LA
Spine - University Settlement, NYC
Conversion - Uptown Performance Series, NUC
Losing It - Glaxa Sudios, LA
Los Angeles, 1997-2001.
"Soul Geek," The Actor's Gang and Theater of Note. Became an associate artist with Cornerstone Theater Company and worked at the Old Globe, the Mark Taper Forum and the Evidence Room.
NYC, 2001-2003.
"Rest Room" at HERE and chashama. Choreographed at La MaMa e.t.c., Joe's Pub and other downtown venues. Lincoln Center Director's Lab, 2002. Choreographed and assistant directed at Tanglewood Music Center and the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Portland, 2004-.
Formation of Many Hats Collaboration. "Rest Room" saw two more incarnations in Portland, one for the JAW/West Festival and one in the Gerding Theater bathrooms. I also choreographed and produced "Mutt," and directed/choreographed "Break, Then Open" and "Stages."
A hearty thank you to all the actors you see pictured, like:
Amelia Goodbla
Skeeter Greene
Ingrid Carlson
Danielle Ross
Nicole Gladwin
Emily Gleason
Beth Thompson
Clara Hillier
Andrea Harmon
Erin Shannon
Yolanda Suarez
Olga Sanchez
Damon Kupper
Arlene East
Jesse Young
John Ellingson
Timothy Scarrott
Kristin Olson
Bill Holznagel
Mary Rose
And several others.
Most photos by Lava Alapai.