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PRINT 2015 Limited edition anthology with gouache covers.

TRAIN CART 2016 Train cart for audiences built from vintage theater seats and reclaimed materials for the Anna Karenina Principle site performance.

PRINT 2014 Limited edition silkscreen. From Dreary Coast research.

sculpture 2007 Site-specific sound piece. From Ghost Train group show. Buffalo, New York.

PRINT 2009 Handmade ticket edition printed for Nonsense 10 show. New York.

SCULPTURE 2010 Turn Up the Awesome, Turn Down the Suck. For Flux Factory Housebroken group show. New York.

Handmade book 2011 12-Inches in a Box. Single-edition book.

COLLAGE 2011 Obols. Research from the Dreary Coast.

PRINT 2013 Secret Society of Pythagoras membership card. Part of Hidden Cities festival. With Rabid Hands collective. Philadelphia.

INSTALLATION 2013 Secret Dinner photograph and signed dinner plates at Boston Center for the Arts group show About, For,  and With.

INSTALLATION 2013 Secret Dinner photograph and signed dinner plates at Boston Center for the Arts group show About, For, and With.

INSTALLATION 2013 Empire Drive-In wrecked car and short video at Headscapes group show. With Todd Chandler. New York.

INSTALLATION 2013 Empire Drive-In wrecked car and short video at Headscapes group show. With Todd Chandler. New York.

DRAWING 2013 Empire Drive-In gouache at Headscapes group show. With Todd Chandler. New York.

SCULPTURE 2013 Empire Drive-In gallery found objects at Headscapes group show. With Todd Chandler. New York.

Collage 2011 Research from the Dreary Coast.

Installation 2012 Teacups and performance. Part of Experiment performance at Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.

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THE ANNA KARENINA PRINCIPLE 2016 Site-responsive theater piece on dead railroad tracks. Kingston, New York.

UP AT NOON 2017 Nightlife series presented outdoors in the afternoon in conjunction with Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education. Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. With Chris of Hur and Doodz. Bronx, New York.

THE DREARY COAST 2014 Site-responsive theater piece on the Gowanus Canal. Like Pirates of the Caribbean on a federal superfund. New York. Video

THE DREARY COAST 2014 Site-responsive theater piece on the Gowanus Canal. Audience joins Charon on his skiff and the play unfolds under way. New York. Video

THE DREARY COAST 2014 Site-responsive theater piece on the Gowanus Canal. Based on the Persephone myth and set in Hades. New York. Video

THE DREARY COAST 2014 Site-responsive theater piece on the Gowanus Canal. Made in collaboration with 60 artists and performers. New York. Video

THE DREARY COAST 2014 Site-responsive theater piece on the Gowanus Canal. Self-produced in public space. New York. Video

THE SWEET CHEAT 2010 Site-responsive trespass theater. A promenade based on a post-apocalyptic short story by Rick Moody. New York.

THE SWEET CHEAT 2010 Site-responsive trespass theater. Set in an abandoned power plant on the Hudson River. New York.

YOLO 2017 Multichannel projection of 100 cars driving off cliffs on two wrecked cars. Commissioned by True/False Film Fest. With Todd Chandler. Columbia, Missouri.

THE SWEET CHEAT 2010 Site-responsive trespass theater. Props and sets built on site with found materials. New York.

SOMETHING ABOUT TRAINS 2017 Site-responsive monologue performed at the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail. Rosendale, New York.

THE SWEET CHEAT 2010 Site-responsive trespass theater. Originally planed for nighttime shows, but the power plant was too dangerous to navigate in the dark. New York.

IRT: A Tragedy in  Three Stations 2009 Site-responsive theater piece on the New York City Subway. Video

IRT: A Tragedy in  Three Stations 2009 Site-responsive theater piece on the New York City Subway. A melodramatic period piece in public space, produced without permits. Video

IRT: A Tragedy in  Three Stations 2009 Site-responsive theater piece on the New York City Subway. With collapsible sets, portable lights, quick-change costumes, live music, and period film. Video

IRT: A Tragedy in  Three Stations 2009 Site-responsive theater piece on the New York City Subway. Self-produced and created in collaboration with dozens of artists and performers. Video

CAKE 2004  Street event. A birthday party devolves into a watergun fight among 500 people in Washington Square Park. With the Madagascar Institute. New York.

Condiment War 2003  Street event. A pitched battle among four art collectives on the streets of Brooklyn. Inspired by the Iraq War -- and those little containers of soy sauce in our refrigerators. With the Madagascar Institute. New York.

THE RIDE 2019  Site-specific one-act play performed in the back of a box truck. With George Graham. New York.

SPLISH 2015  A mermaid masque, devised for the Port warehouse space. Writing and direction. In collaboration with 50 artists and performers. New Orleans.

THE HOUSE OUR  FAMILIES BUILT 2021  A series of American monologues performed on a box truck converted into a sculptural doll house. Writing and direction. In collaboration with the artist Swoon and PBS American Portrait. New York. (Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk.)

Empire Drive-In 2010  Installation. A full-scale drive-in movie theater built out of wrecked cars and other reclaimed materials at the 01SJ Biennial. With Todd Chandler. San Jose, California. Video

Empire Drive-In 2013  Installation and program. A full-scale temporary drive-in theater built out of wrecked cars and other reclaimed materials. With Todd Chandler. Video

Empire Drive-In 2013  Installation and program. A full-scale temporary drive-in theater built out of wrecked cars. At the New York Hall of Science. With Todd Chandler. Video

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