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Artistic Director
As the Artistic Director of Rabbit Hole I am drawn to
confront a subject, character, relationship, mood and
challenge the actors and audience to wrestle with the
ideas, themes, feelings and choices that exist in the
performance. I believe that the live nature of
theatre makes it the most immediate art form available
and I work to emphasize that immediacy.
I'm concerned about how we live
our lives in this city, in this country, in this
world...spiritually, culturally, economically...and I
make theatre in order to explore the way we exist today
and might exist tomorrow. Founding
Member
In 2005, after over a decade of self-producing, I
teamed-up with two long-time collaborators (Paul Daily
and Emily Hartford) and together we founded
Rabbit Hole
Ensemble in Brooklyn, New York.
Our mission is to create new work
that centralizes the importance and versatility of the
actor and de-centralizes the currently traditional use
of high-tech lighting, set and multi-media design.
Our working method boils down to "if it isn't absolutely
necessary, then get rid of it". Superfluous
elements only distract the audience's attention away
from what the actors are doing...and often, sadly,
that's largely their purpose. In Rabbit Hole's
theatre, the actor has nowhere to hide and, therefore,
has to be at the top of his/her game and able to perform
a wide array of physical and verbal skills.
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