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Since
our beginning, we have brought our approach
to the development and presentation of numerous
original full-length works, vignettes
and short films, to ongoing
artist training and classes and
to artistic collaborations with
communities and theater companies
locally and abroad. The company has developed/presented
original works at The Public Theater, Ars
Nova, the NY Clown Theater Festival, Gowanus
Arts and Jalopy Theater in Brooklyn, Media Artes in Macedonia
and the National Arts Festival in South
Africa (2007 winner/"One of the Best
of the Festival"). In 2007, the company
entered the world of celluloid, creating
a series of short documentary and fiction
films that have been presented at screenings
and festivals. We have led professional
workshops and community-based collaborations
in each of the five boroughs and in communities
as far as South Africa, Macedonia and Brazil.
The company has been granted development
residencies from Gowanus Arts, The Public
Theater, The Orchard Project, The Field and Ars Nova and has received grants
from the Brooklyn Arts Council, New York
City’s Department of Cultural Affairs
and ART/NY’s Nancy Quinn Fund.
2010
The Triumphs and Disasters of Human Existence, Presented to You, the Good People of Brooklyn and the Surrounding Boroughs!
Jalopy Theater, Brooklyn
October, 2010
Created and performed by The Glass Contraption, featuring Drae Campbell, Carter Gill, Sarah Petersiel, Jason Quarles, Tall Tall Trees, The Wiyos and music direction by Rima Fand
Developed in part at The Orchard Project/The Exchange
Animals' Heads
The Kitchen, NYC
March, 2010
Created and performed by The Glass Contraption, featuring Paul Coffey, Michael Crane, Andy Grotelueschen, Catherine Mueller and Justine Williams
Funded in part by BAC/DCA; Created in part due to an Emerging Artist Residency from The Field
2009
Facedancing, a short film
May, 2009
Conceived and created by The Glass Contraption, featuring Michael Crane, Andy Grotelueschen, Catherine Mueller, Jason Quarles and Justine Williams
Directed by Gina Hirsch
Funded in part by The Nancy Quinn Fund
2008
Red Noses
January, 2008
Lecture/Presentation at "Arts in the One
World Conference,"
California University of the Arts
Presented by Catherine Mueller
and Justine Williams
Curiosities
An Evening of New Short Works:
“In Your Face”, “Chinese
Buns” and “Cinqo de Awesome”
June, 2008
Conceived and directed by Christopher Bayes,
Virginia Scott and the ensemble
Created and performed by The Glass Contraption
Presented at Gowanus Arts, Brooklyn
Funded in part by BAC/DCA
Siyaya!
June, 2008
Company collaboration with Siyaya Music
Theater, a dance/theater youth company from
Gugulethu township in Cape Town, South Africa
Media Artes
August, 2008
Company collaboration and voice/clown theater
workshop with Media Artes, a physical theater
company and center for theater for social
change in Ohrid, Macedonia
Good Night, Teddy Bear
An original show
August, 2008
Conceived and directed by Justine Williams
Music direction by Katie Down
Created and performed by the Media Artes
company
TED
October, 2008
Conceived and directed by Virginia Scott
Created and performed by The Glass Contraption
Developed by and presented at Ars Nova
2007
TED
July, 2007
Conceived and directed by Virginia Scott
Created and performed by The Glass Contraption
Presented at:
The National Arts Festival, South Africa
/ Chosen as “One of the Ten Best
of the Festival”
The NY Clown Theater Festival (October,
2007)
Ars Nova (December, 2007)
The Topsy Center
July, 2007
Company residency and collaboration with
a community-based outreach organization
in rural South Africa
Grootvlei, South Africa
The Amazing Show, You’re
Gonna Love It!
July, 2007
Original show created and performed by youth
participants at The Topsy Center
Grootvlei, South Africa
2006
The Bouffon Lab
January, 2006
Led by Christopher Bayes & Jonathan
Green
The Clown Lab
Spring, 2006
Led by Virginia Scott
CLOWNS
August, 2006
Conceived and directed by Christopher Bayes
Developed by and presented at The Public
Theater
Presented at the New York Clown Theater
Festival (October, 2006)
Topsy
Directed by Justine Williams
A documentary short film chronicling the
company’s 2005 collaboration with
150 youth at the Topsy Center, a community-based
outreach organization that addresses issues
of poverty and HIV/AIDS in rural South Africa
2005
The Clown Lab
Fall, 2005
Led by Sophie Amieva & Virginia Scott
The Topsy Center
February, 2005
Company residency and collaboration with
a community-based outreach organization
in rural South Africa
Grootvlei, South Africa
I GO GROOTVLEI!
February, 2005
Created and performed by The Glass Contraption
Presented at The Topsy Center, South Africa
Big Mama and Big Papa Come all
the Way from Durban to the See the Topsy
Children Put on a Good and Funny Show
February, 2005
An original show created and performed by
children at The Topsy Center, a community-based
outreach program in Grootvlei, South Africa
Presented at The Topsy Center, South Africa
2004
The Clown Lab
November, 2004
Training lab for theater artists in clown,
physical theater and games
Gowanus Arts, Brooklyn
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