2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival Industry Series Guide

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WELCOME Thank you for joining us for the PuSh Assembly Industry Series at the 2018 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival! Whether a first-time or returning visitor, we hope this week is filled with connections and conversations. The schedule is conceived much like a structured improvisation—riding the line between expected outcome and spontaneous discovery. We hope the set meet-up times are balanced with opportunities to create your own pathways.

This brochure is a supplement resource for the PuSh Assembly Industry Series, including profiles of our Pitch Session participants as well as our invited international delegates.

If you have any questions or feedback (or would like some insider tips to the city), please don’t hesitate to connect with us.

Joyce Rosario DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We acknowledge that the PuSh Festival takes place on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. We are grateful to be gathered here with you and recognize our privileged place on these lands.

For those who may be unfamiliar with the practice of land acknowledgements: ”traditional” recognizes lands traditionally used and/or occupied by First Nations, “ancestral” recognizes land that is handed down from generation to generation, and “unceded“ refers to land that was not turned over to the Crown by a treaty or other agreement.

CONTACTS

Norman Armour

Joyce Rosario

Roxanne Duncan

Heather Lamoureux

ARTISTIC & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING

MANAGING DIRECTOR

CURATORIAL ASSISTANT

(c) +1.604.728.3019 norman@pushfestival.ca

(c) +1.604.809.4140 joyce@pushfestival.ca

(o) +1.604.605.8284 x102 roxanne@pushfestival.ca

(c) +1.778.918.4081 heather@pushfestival.ca

SCHEDULE & VENUES SUN

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SAT GOVERNMENT PARTNERS

10:30AM –12PM ARTIST TALK:

10:30AM11:45AM

MORNING BRIEFING 2

12PM-1:15PM

DELEGATE LUNCH 1

Hosted with City of Vancouver, Cultural Services

DELEGATION PARTNERS

ANNIE DORSEN 1

1PM-2PM ARTIST TALK:

ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ 4

1PM-4:30PM

PUSHOFF: DAY 1 5

10:30AM –12PM CRITICAL 11AM-12:30PM 1:30PM-2:30PM Details at IDEAS: SYMPOSIUM: KEYNOTE: theatrereplacement.

MARCUS YOUSSEF 3

org/pushoff/

3PM-5PM

PUSHOFF MIXER 5

PITCH SESSION 3

3PM-5PM

Delegate packages available to pick up, or by appointment via heather@ pushfestival.ca 1

11AM-2PM

INDUSTRY BRUNCH 1

1.

3PM-5PM

Delegate packages available to pick up, or by appointment via heather@ pushfestival.ca 1

The Post at 750 110–750 Hamilton Street

3PM-5PM

DELEGATE TOAST 3

Hosted with Tourism Vancouver

5.

5PM-6PM

9PM-LATE

JOHN FLUEVOG SHOES BENEFIT PARTY 6

CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS WOMEN’S PERFORMANCE 7

1PM-4:30PM PUSHOFF:

DAY 2 5

Russian Hall 600 Campbell Avenue

2. Queen Elizabeth Theatre

630 Hamilton Street

6. John Fluevog Shoes, Gastown

65 Water Street

1PM

3.

7.

3:30PM-5PM ARTIST TALK:

LIN LEECHEN 8

CBC Studio 700 700 Hamilton Street

4. Vancity Theatre

1181 Seymour Street

12:30PM1:30PM

DELEGATE LUNCH 5

1:30PM-3PM

SYMPOSIUM: Details at theatrereplacement. FIELD NOTES, SESSION B 5 org/pushoff/

Hosted with Fascinator Management

POETRY IN MOTION 8

FIELD NOTES, SESSION A 5

SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts

Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema, World Art Centre

149 West Hastings Street

8. Scotiabank Dance Centre

677 Davie Street

PRESENTATION PARTNERS

Embassy of Canada Global Affairs High Commission of Canada in the UK

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PITCHES

THE BLUEBIRD MECHANICALS

A CASUAL RECONSTRUCTION

THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN

Too Close to the Sun (Montreal, Canada (Australian co-production)) is a contemporary performance-making company creating interdisciplinary solo work. Described

by The Huffington Post as “a company known for installation theatre works that combine intense performances with stunning aesthetics.” We use multi-layered storytelling, incorporating puppetry, projection, live film and installation, to create worlds that are inescapable, unsettling and dream-like.

creature/creature (Nadia Myre & Johanna Nutter) (Montreal, Canada) is a trans-disciplinary performance unit with a mandate to come face à face à l’autre / face to face with the other. Works include my pregnant brother / my playwright sister and CHLORE / CHLORINE (in collaboration with Le Théâtre du Grand Cheval).

Pandemic Theatre (Toronto, Canada) is a collective mandated to create, develop, and produce work from critical and underrepresented perspectives that engage social and political themes. Our work is to challenge audiences, artists, and communities to question the role of aesthetics in ideology. Another world is possible.

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

Johanna Nutter, Artistic Director hirethisactor@gmail.com creature/creature.org

Jivesh Parasram, Artistic Producer jiv@pandemictheatre.ca pandemictheatre.ca

THE MAGIC HOUR

THE MISSY ELLIOTT PROJECT

TROPHY

Jess Dobkin (Toronto, Canada) is an artist, curator and teacher whose prolific practice extends across black boxes and white cubes, art fairs and subway stations, international festivals and single bathroom stalls. She creates intimate solo theatre performances, large-scale public happenings, playfully subversive interventions and engaging performance art workshops and lectures.

Selina Thompson Ltd (Leeds, United Kingdom) is an artist, performer and writer whose work has been praised internationally. Her practice is primarily intimate, political and participatory with a strong strand of public engagements that leads to joyous, highly visual work that seeks to connect to those often marginalised in the arts.

Sarah Conn & Allison O’Connor (Ottawa, Canada) create space for discourse through interdisciplinary performances and installations that combine visual art, performance art, theatre, community building and social practice. Their award-winning work has been presented nationally and internationally. They explore what it takes for us to connect, especially when we don’t agree.

CONTACT:

Talya Rubin, Writer/Creator/Performer talyarubin@gmail.com tooclosetothesuntheatre.com

CONTACT:

Jess Dobkin, Artist jess@jessdobkin.com jessdobkin.com

CONTACT:

Emma Beverley, Producer emma@selinathompson.co.uk selinathompson.co.uk

THE SHADOW WHOSE PREY THE HUNTER BECOMES Back to Back Theatre (Geelong, Australia) creates new forms of contemporary performance imagined from the minds and experiences of a unique ensemble of actors with a disability, giving voice to social and political issues that speak to all people. The company is one of Australia’s most respected contemporary theatre companies.

CONTACT:

Alice Nash, Executive Producer backtobacktheatre.com

WHAT IS ASKED OF ME (CE QU’ON ATTEND DE MOI) 2PAR4 (Vancouver, Canada) is a producing entity headed

by Gilles Poulin-Denis whose mandate is to develop, produce, and tour contemporary work for the stage. By creating new work centred on artistic collaboration, 2PAR4 aims to diminish the distances and other barriers that divide artists from different communities.

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

Sarah Conn, Director/Producer sarah@thisistrophy.com thisistrophy.com

Gilles Poulin-Denis, Artistic Director info@2par4.ca 2par4.ca

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INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES JENN BLAKE, Program Manager, Campbelltown Arts Centre (Australia) — Located on the edge of Sydney, Australia, Campbelltown Arts Centre (C-A-C) is in a unique position to forge collaborative exchanges between artists, disciplines and communities.

C-A-C is a national leader in the delivery of an expanding high quality community engaged contemporary artistic program.

JENNY VILA, Independent Producer (Australia) is an English-, Spanish-, Catalan-, Swedish-speaking arts producer and lighting designer, based in Melbourne. Jenny has produced Taylor Mac’s 24 Decade History, Punchdrunk, Nicola Gunn, Yirra Yaakin, Teatro de los Sentidos and Royal de Luxe’s Giants, plus award-winning short film Mrs McCutcheon.

c-a-c.com.au

jennyvila.me jennyvila@me.com

jenn.blake@campbelltown.nsw.gov.au

FELIX PREVAL, Artistic Director, Darwin Festival (Australia) — Darwin Festival is the largest multi-arts festival in Northern Australia. Held over 18 days each August during the tropical dry season, we present a diverse program of performance and visual arts with a strong focus on Indigenous arts, site-specific performance and community engaged arts practices.

MARIEKE DE MUNCK, Artistic Management, City & Transition, Vooruit Arts Centre (Belgium) — Vooruit is a vibrant arts center with 300,000 annual visitors.

Since 1982, we have been offering countless cultural events, focusing specifically on performing arts, music, books and city and transition. Vooruit organizes 500–600 of activities annually.

darwinfestival.org.au felix@darwinfestival.org.au

vooruit.be marieke.demunck@vooruit.be

SIMON HINTON, Artistic Director & CEO, Merrigong Theatre Company (Australia) — Based in Wollongong, Merrigong presents a diverse season of theatre, dance and children’s programming, including work sourced from Australia’s finest performing arts companies, self-produced work, acclaimed international productions, and innovative contemporary work from new companies.

MICHAEL RUBENFELD, Executive Artistic Producer, Selfconscious Productions / CanadaHub (Canada) — Selfconscious Productions is a production company with a focus on creating national and international opportunities for Canadian performance. Major projects include CanadaHub, Counting Sheep and facilitating international touring for several Canadian performance projects.

merrigong.com.au shinton@merrigong.com.au

selfconsciousproductions.com canadahubfringe.com rubenfeld@yahoo.com

ALI MURPHY-OATES, Managing Director, Moogahlin Performing Arts (Australia) — Moogahlin Performing Arts is a leading Australian First Peoples performing arts company. We develop, produce, and present new work, are connected to community, and are committed to nurturing a new generation of First Peoples theatre practitioners locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.

JOHANNA TUUKKANEN, Artistic Director - Senior Manager, ANTI - Contemporary Art Festival (Finland) — ANTI works with innovative artists on projects that explore and explode urban space. Held annually in Kuopio, Finland, projects by artists from around the world inhabit the spaces of public life and directly engage communities and audiences in the making and showing of their work.

moogahlin.org admin@moogahlin.org

antifestival.com johanna@antifestival.com

WESLEY ENOCH, Director, Sydney Festival (Australia) — More than any other cultural event, Sydney Festival defines Sydney’s personality. For over three decades we have presented international artists who guarantee headlines, and whose presence in Sydney adds to the Festival’s buzz and prestige. .

RICKARD BORGSTRÖM, Project Manager & Curator, SILA - Greenlandic Association of Stage Artists (Greenland) — SILA strives to improve working conditions for Greenlandic stage artists. It provides international artists exchange through presentation, seminar, and workshops; and is a governmental and municipality dialogue partner around art and culture policies.

sydneyfestival.org.au

silastage.wordpress.com

rickard.borgstrom@gmail.com

FIONA WINNING, Head of Programming SOHP, Sydney Opera House (Australia) — The Sydney Opera House is Australia’s busiest performing arts centre, hosting more than 2,000 performances per annum by resident companies, hirers and our own programming arm SOHP. These include: popular & classical music, contemporary performance, theatre, dance, family programs, talks and events.

GRACE LANG, Programme Director, Hong Kong Arts Festival Society Ltd (Hong Kong) — HKAF, launched in 1973, is a major international arts festival committed to enriching the cultural life of the city by presenting leading local and international artists in all genres of the performing arts as well as a diverse range of “PLUS” and educational events in February and March each year.

sydneyoperahouse.com fwinning@sydneyoperahouse.com

hk.artsfestival.org/en/ grace.lang@hkaf.org

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INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES CIAN O’BRIEN, Artistic Director, Project Arts Centre (Ireland) — Project is an independent and ambitious multidisciplinary organisation in the heart of Dublin with a local, national and international remit. Project is a home for contemporary arts, a producing house, a resource for artists and a critical hub. projectartscentre.ie cian@projectartscentre.ie

STEFANO TOMASSINI, Dance Writer, Artiribune (Italy) — Artibune is an Italian-language arts and performing arts online magazine. artribune.com ste.tomas@tin.it

ALICE LEONI, Executive Office, Operaestate Festival Veneto (Italy) — OE is a multidisciplinary summer festival. Its activities and objectives are aimed at the artistic development, audience engagement, cultural active participation of citizens and cultural inclusion, artistic productions, promotion of artistic mobility, presentation of events and performances. operaestate.it organizzazione@comune.bassano.vi.it

GIULIA MURONI, Sardegna Teatro (Italy) — Teatro di Sardegna started as a permanent theatre company in 1973. Since 2015, Sardegna Teatro has been acknowledged

by Italian Culture Ministry as the only Theatre of Relevant Cultural Interest in Sardinia, among the 30 most important theatres in Italy. sardegnateatro.it giulia@sardegnateatro.it

ENRICA ABBATE, Cultural Affairs Officer, Embassy of Canada to Italy (Italy) — Canadian diplomatic representation in Italy. canada.it enrica.abbate@international.gc.ca

FRANCA ORSOLINA LISBONA, Director, Consorzio Teatri Uniti Di Basilicata (Italy) — Consorzio Teatri Uniti Di Basilicata is the only presentation and public training organization in theater, dance and circus in the Basilicata region. It is recognized by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage Tourism. teatriunitidibasilicata.com f.lisbona@teatriunitidibasilicata.com

ANTONIO CALBI, Director, Teatro di Roma (Italy) — Founded in 1964, Teatro di Roma is the most important public theatre of the capital city of Italy. The venues are Teatro Argentina, Teatro India, Teatro Torlonia and Teatro del Lido. teatrodiroma.net antonio.calbi@teatrodiroma.net

SHOSHANA POLANCO, International Producer, La Teatreria (Mexico) — La Teatreria opened its venue in March 2015 in Mexico City. Since then, we have been producing and presenting mostly local work, but have also presented work from Australia and Scotland. We are members of RECIO, a network that encompasses 15 independent performing art spaces in Mexico City. lateatreria.com shoshana@lateatreria.com

PETER PAUL KAINRATH, Artistic Director, Festival Transart (Italy) — Transart is a contemporary culture festival that offers to a curious and open audience music projects and contemporary art at atypical sites, within the range of experimentation joint to quality. The festival was born with a strong multi-disciplinary and multimedia character. transart.it kainrath@transart.it

ACHILLE RINO DE PACE, Artistic Director, MilanOltre Festival (Italy) — Now at 31 MILANoLTRE reaffirms its passion for the multiple expressions and languages of contemporary dance. Highlights on national and international artists and Italian choreography. Plus masterclasses, lectures, workshops. milanoltre.org miol@elfo.org

RICHARD WAKELY, Artistic Director & Chief Executive, Belfast International Arts Festival (Northern Ireland) — The Belfast International Arts Festival is he city’s longest running international arts event and its aim, put simply, is to create a genuinely civic event of contemporary arts and ideas of international stature and appeal. belfastinternationalartsfestival.com enquiries@belfastinternationalartsfestival.com

KARL TAYLOR, Programmer, BUZZCUT (Scotland) — BUZZCUT is a Glasgowbased collective that supports live art and experimental performance through our annual festival and regular monthly programmes. Our events are artist centered, community focused environments for experimentation and interrogate the accessibility of live art and performance. glasgowbuzzcut.wordpress.com buzzcutkarl@gmail.com

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INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES JACKIE WYLIE, Artistic Director & Chief Executive, National Theatre of Scotland (Scotland) — The National Theatre of Scotland was established in 2006 and has created over 250 productions. Being a theatre without walls, the Company presents a wide variety of work that ranges from large-scale productions to projects tailored to the smallest performing spaces.

SAADA EL-AKHRASS, Arts Manager, British Council (UK) — The British Council is the United Kingdom’s international organization for cultural relations and educational opportunities britishcouncil.ca saada.el-akhrass@britishcouncil.org

nationaltheatrescotland.com jackie.wylie@nationaltheatrescotland.com

LJ FINDLAY-WALSH, Artistic Director, Take Me Somewhere (Scotland) — Take Me Somewhere is a city-wide festival of contemporary performance The festival presents inspirational work from across globe, alongside Scotland’s most inventive artists. It works in partnership and is complimented by a series of awards and artist development opportunities. takemesomewhere.co.uk lj@takemesomewhere.co.uk

MADANI YOUNIS, Artistic Director, Bush Theatre (UK) — The Bush Theatre is a world-famous home for new plays and an internationally renowned champion of playwrights. We discover, nurture and produce the best new playwrights from the widest range of backgrounds, and present our work to the highest possible standards. bushtheatre.co.uk ariannebrooks@bushtheatre.co.uk

ORLA O’LOUGHLIN, Artistic Director & Joint CEO, The Traverse Theatre (Scotland) — The Traverse Theatre, under Artistic Director Orla O’Loughlin, delivers a yearround programme of powerful contemporary work which aims to both entertain and stir conversation—reflecting the times and provoking crucial debate amongst audiences, inspiring them to challenge the status quo.

ANDY EAGLE, CEO, Chapter Arts Centre (UK) — A cultural hub—two cinemas, two theatre spaces, a gallery, meeting and rehearsal rooms surround a dynamic café bar community social space. A curated programme of presented and co-produced theatre, dance, visual arts and cinema is accompanied by an extensive programme of artist and company support.

traverse.co.uk

chapter.org andy.eagle@chapter.org

orla.o’loughlin@traverse.co.uk

KATHY HONG, Director of Marketing and Communications, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) (Taiwan) — National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) is the first national theater located in southern Taiwan. Transformed from a military training base to an arts center, its superb location and rich history signify its mission of bridging the past with the future, connecting local and global talents. npac-weiwuying.org kathy.hong@npac-weiwuying.org

GAVIN STRIDE, CEO, farnham maltings (UK) — caravan and farnham maltings are committed to sustaining an ongoing dialogue with the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival as a means to support the independent theatre sector to internationalize its practice. farnhammaltings.com gavin.stride@farnhammaltings.com

TRACY COOPER, Chief Executive, artsdepot (UK) — artsdepot is a leading professional multi art-form arts centre in London welcoming over 150,000 visitors annually to a broad arts programme including 9,000 children and young people performing or participating in creative learning, 300 undergraduate dance students and an artist’s Creation Space.

AARON WRIGHT, Artistic Director, Fierce Festival (UK) — Fierce is one of the UK’s leading festivals of performance committed to supporting emerging, overlooked, unusual and difficult live art practice with an international reputation for agenda setting, curation and intelligent commissioning embracing theatre, dance, music, installation, activism and parties.

artsdepot.co.uk tracy.cooper@artsdepot.co.uk

wearefierce.org

ROSIE SCUDDER, Senior Producer (Touring), Battersea Arts Centre (UK) — Battersea Arts Centre is a public space where people come together to be creative, see a show, explore local heritage, play or relax. The organization’s mission is to inspire people to take creative risks to shape the future. Shows and projects developed at BAC travel across the UK and the world.

DEBORAH PEARSON, Artist, Forest Fringe (UK) is a writer, performer, dramaturg and occasionally in the position to curate other artist through UK-based Forest Fringe, which she founded and co-directed with Andy Field and Ira Brand. Forest Fringe is artist-led and tours mid- to small-scale experimental work internationally.

bac.org.uk rosies@bac.org.uk

aaron@wearefierce.org

deborahpearson.com deborahpearson@gmail.com

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INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES ASSIS CARREIRO, Cultural Strategist, High Commission of Canada (UK) — We are the mission in the UK for Canada. unitedkingdom.gc.ca assis.carreiro@international.gc.ca

TAMSIN ACE, Head of Festival Programme, Southbank Centre (UK) — Europe’s largest cultural organisation, spanning 21 acres with the world-renowned Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery. southbankcentre.co.uk

tamsin.ace@southbankcentre.co.uk

KEVIN JAMIESON, Senior Producer: Theatre, HOME (UK) — HOME produces an exciting, eclectic mix of productions, and our focus is celebrating and commissioning artists with an unique theatrical language. Theatre at HOME also programmes the most inventive international theatre companies making work around the globe.

JUDE KELLY, Artistic Director, Southbank Centre (UK) — Europe’s largest cultural organisation, spanning 21 acres with the world-renowned Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery.

homemcr.org kevin.jamieson@homemcr.org

southbankcentre.co.uk jude.kelly@southbankcentre.co.uk

HELEN COLE, Artistic Director/CEO, In Between Time (UK) — We bring people together around radical art and ideas to encourage new ways to think about the world and ourselves. Across art spaces, streets, homes and public spaces, In Between Time is an international producer of the biennial In Between Time International Festival in Bristol, UK.

BRIAN ROGERS, Artistic Director, The Chocolate Factory Theater (USA) — Since its first season in 2005, The Chocolate Factory Theater has supported the development and presentation of new work by a community of local, national and international artists working in dance, theater, and interdisciplinary performance. .

inbetweentime.co.uk helen.cole@inbetweentime.co.uk

MATT BURMAN, Producer & Programmer, Independent / Leeds2023 (UK), works with artists and organizations to develop new work, touring and international projects. leeds2023.co.uk matt@mttbrmn.net

chocolatefactorytheater.org brian@chocolatefactorytheater.org

DREW KLEIN, Performing Arts Director, Contemporary Arts Center (USA) — The CAC in Cincinnati, Ohio provides experiences through exhibitions and performances as well as educational and outreach programs, to engage and interact with the art, artists, and ideas of our time. Working with regional and global communities, we explore and celebrate the unfolding landscape of art and expression. contemporaryartscenter.org dklein@contemporaryartscenter.org

KRIS NELSON, Artistic Director & Joint CEO Designate, LIFT (UK) — LIFT explodes across London every two years in June. Since 1981 LIFT has been pioneering new forms of theatre, presenting spectacular performances in every corner of the capital. A year-round programme culminates in the world-renowned biennial festival, transforming the city to a stage.

SARAH BISHOP-STONE, Programming Director, FringeArts (USA) — FringeArts is Philadelphia’s home for contemporary performance, presenting progressive, worldclass art that expands the imagination. Programming includes our internationally-focused Fringe Festival, founded in 1997, and since 2013, year-round presentations in our home on the Delaware waterfront.

liftfestival.com

fringearts.com sarah@fringearts.com

MATTHEW AUSTIN, Co-Director, MAYK (UK) — MAYK is a theatre producing organization, based in Bristol. MAYK’s major project is Mayfest, Bristol’s biennial international festival of contemporary theatre. MAYK also produces work year round, and is currently working with Still House, Sleepdogs, Sam Halmarack, Jo Bannon and Firebird Theatre.

RON BERRY, Artistic Director, Fusebox Festival (USA) — Fusebox is a non-profit arts organization in Austin, Texas. We produce an annual festival as well as events and performances throughout the year. We also work with a diverse group of people to create out-of-the-box approaches to pressing issues including affordability, housing, health, and mobility.

mayk.org.uk matthew@mayk.org.uk

fuseboxfestival.com ron@fuseboxfestival.com

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INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES TARA WILLIS, Associate Curator of Performance, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (USA) — The MCA is an artist-activated and audience-engaged contemporary art museum. We generate art, ideas, and conversation around the creative process. We are a cultural leader of local necessity and international distinction. mcachicago.org/stage

twillis@mcachicago.org

JERRY TISCHLEDER, Producing Artistic Director, Risk/Reward & Frontier Series Curator, Artists Rep (USA) — Risk/Reward helps launch new work by Northwest artists annually through our Festival of New Performance. Artists Rep is one of Portland, Oregon’s premier theatre venues and our Frontier Series features touring work by theatre artists of international acclaim. risk-reward.org artistsrep.org

BETSEY BROCK, Artistic Director, On the Boards (USA) — On the Boards invests in leading contemporary performing artists near and far, and connects them to a diverse range of communities interested in forward-thinking art and ideas. ontheboards.org betsey@ontheboards.org

ontheboards.org rachel@ontheboards.org

ROYA AMIRSOLEYMANI, Artistic Director & Curator of Public Engagement, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (USA) — PICA, established in 1995, supports international, national, and local artists in contemporary and experimental performance and visual art via residencies, commissions, performances, exhibitions, and public programs, year-round and for our annual Time-Based Art Festival. pica.org roya@pica.org

ERIN BOBERG DOUGHTON, Artistic Director & Curator of Performance, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (USA) — PICA, established in 1995, supports international, national, and local artists in contemporary and experimental performance and visual art via residencies, commissions, performances, exhibitions, and public programs, year-round and for our annual Time-Based Art Festival. pica.org erin@pica.org

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