Garrett Blair (Co-Director) is a recent graduate of Columbia University where he studied directing, focusing on the process of creating ensemble based devised work. His devised thesis piece, Catacombs & Hurricannoes¸ created a new form of movement based ensemble communication and is continuing in workshop. He is a freelance teaching artist, teaching theatre and creating original work with students across the city from pre-school to high school. He was the resident director for 6 seasons at the Lexington Youth Summer Theater in Boston, MA. He recently had the pleasure of assisting Mikhael Tara Garver, working on such projects as Choice (Culture Project’s Women in Directing Festival), Renovations (White Plains Performing Arts Center), and Fornicated from the Beatles (world premiere at the A.R.T.’s Emerging America Festival, New York premiere at Glasslands Gallery).
Rachel Karp (Co-Director) is a New York-based director committed to the collaborative creation of new work. She has developed new work at Columbia University, from which she received her B.A. magna cum laude in Drama and Theatre Arts, and Powerhouse Theater Festival, where she served as a Directing Apprentice. She has assisted the creation of new works by experimental theater artists Young Jean Lee (Untitled Feminist Multimedia Technology Show, We’re Gonna Die), Aaron Landsman and Mallory Catlett (City Council Meeting, HERE), and Kristi Spessard (Essentials of Flor, Mabou Mines), among others. Upcoming projects include directing Band Practice through Incubator Arts Projects’ Short Form Series and assistant directing PearlDamour’s How to Build a Forest. www.rachelkarp.com |
