PRODUCTIONS

PRODUCTIONS

1981
Deathwatch (Jean Genet)
Photos
Illinois State Penitentiary (Stateville), Joliet
1982
“Adieu, Adieu”
   Swansong (Anton Chekhov)
   The Human Voice
(Jean Cocteau)
Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago
1982
“Bucket of Beckett”
Photos
   Act Without Words I and II
   Breath
   Not I
   Rockaby
A.R.C., Chicago
1982
Travelling Light (Nick Fracaro)
Chicago photos     NYC photos
(Vintage East Village Eye ad)
– W.P.A., Chicago
– ABC No Rio, NYC
1982
The White Whore and the Bit Player
(Tom Eyen). Photo
Theatre Centre, Toronto
1983
The Human Voice (Jean Cocteau)
Tarragon Theatre, Toronto
1984
The Marat/Sade (Peter Weiss)
Video stills
Theatre Centre, Toronto
1986
First Annual Anti-Mermaid Rally
Photos
Coney Island Mermaid Parade
1986
Travelling Light (Nick Fracaro)
The Human Voice (Jean Cocteau)
Washington Square Church, NYC
1986
– 87
Trash, the City and Death
(R.W. Fassbinder) WORLD PREMIERE
Photos / Dear Reviewer / Press Releases
ABC No Rio
NoHo Playhouse
1988
Art Dollars – Concept
1989
2nd (non)Annual Anti-Mermaid Rally
Press release
Coney Island Mermaid Parade
1989
The Maids (Jean Genet)
Concept
Staged in various NYC apartments
1990
– 93
Nomad Monad – The Making of Thieves Theatre’s Last Stand
(“The Hill“)
Performance
   Despoiled Shore Medeamaterial
      Landscape with Argonauts
   by Heiner Mueller
   (plus original material)
Lecture/Reading
   – Nomad Monad
   – Prisoner of Love (Jean Genet)
   – P.I.T. –  reading of The HIll (2/17/2023)
Exhibits
   – Counting Coup
   – Bushville and The Hill  (photo)
      Exhibit documents
   – Home Sweet Home (flyer)
   – The Apartment Store
   – Canal Street Market (2022)  (flyer 1, flyer 2)
Film
   The Last Stand
   Tortuga Crawl  
Shantytown called The Hill at Canal & Chrystie Streets
 
Tipi at Canal & Chrystie, NYC
 


– Playwrights Horizons, NYC
– Henry Street Settlement, NYC


– Tipi at Canal & Christie, NYC
– Henry Street Settlement, NYC

– Brecht Forum, NYC
– Exit Art, The First World, NYC

– Canal Street Research Association, NYC
1994
– 2004
The RAT Conference years
Thieves Theatre was one of the founding members and communication central of RAT, a seminal collective of domestic and later international theaters dedicated to collaborating and sharing ways of working.
1996
Whim Vendors starring TurtleManTM
Performance and Exhibit
   – Have Gallery, Will Travel Photos
   – Soho Summer Art Carnival Photos
   – RAT RAVE IV Photo
 


– Mercer & Houston Sts., NYC
– Eight Floor Gallery, NYC
– Austin, TX
1996
Corpulus Christi: The First Church of Elvi
Co-written and produced with Frank Theatre, Minneapolis
(Part of the 4th annual Lipizzaner Stallions on Ice): Lipizzaner Teeth Apart
 
Annex Theatre, Seattle
1997
Blue Angel – The Heidi Ho Collection
Photos   Catalogue
 
HEREArt, NYC
2001 – 03
Fly By Night
A monthly 24-hour play producing marathon taking place at various venues, including site-specifically outdoors
Mail Art?Concept
 


– Brick Playhouse, Philadelphia
– Theatre Double
– Philadelphia Fringe Festival
2000 – 02
Say Uncle (Hakim Bey, Nick Fracaro, Dennis Moritz, Wharton Tract, Dick Zigun)
Promo photos  /  NZ Fridgefest photos / Production photos
 
– Theatre Double, Philadelphia
– Edge of the World Festival, Los Angeles
– Wellington Fringe Festival, New Zealand
11/28/01
Lecture by Benjamin R. Barber
The author of Jihad vs. McWorld spoke about 9/11, its causes and how artists can move forward – sponsored by Thieves Theatre
 
New Dramatists, NYC
2003
Ubu Macbeth
Workshop production exploring Butoh and other physical performance techniques
 
 
– El Rayo Misterioso, Rosario, Argentina
– Willaldea, Argentina
2005
FridgeFest
A festival of theater, dance, performance, 24-hour plays, and more, including a Butoh-inspired physical theater piece called Diva Divan, created collaboratively with writers, performers and visual artists. See the entire process here!

 

Spirit Wind, Philadelphia