Bark Kitten
Bark Kitten Is a multi room immersive complex. Hosting spaces such as a workout studio, post office, VHS store and more. At night Bark Kitten changes. Secret rooms open up to reveal a movie theater, jazz lounge, and slow dance prom themed gymnasium.
WHERE: Lighting in a Bottle, Rothbury, Michigan
ROLE: Performer, Producer, Talent Coordinator, Builder
The Poetry Brothel
The Poetry Brothel™ was founded in New York City by the The Poetry Society of New York, a 501(c)3 non-profit arts organization. It is an immersive literary cabaret that fuses poetry, advocacy, burlesque, vaudeville, live music, visual art, magic, mysticism, and one-on-one poetry experiences.
The Poetry Brothel boasts local chapters in dozens of cities across the globe. The flagship immersive production happens at the Electric Forest music festival in Rothbury Michigan. In 2022 We built The Dorthy Parker Hotel. A 5,000 square foot space filled with decor rooms secret passage ways, and a hidden black box theater.
WHERE: Electric Forest, Rothbury, Michigan
ROLE: Performer, Producer, builder
Forgotten Fort
Designed for multiple large scale music festivals, the 40x60 immersive space hosts a variety of nostalgic thematic performances that are intended to appear spontaneous and organic. Impromptu stage acts include Clown, Poetry Readings, Burlesque and Dramatic Stories, while the space offers six intimate breakout activations for audiences to interact with the characters. The Fort represents all things lost between adolescence and adulthood. It is the manifestation of the everyone's childhood safe haven that shows up when and where it’s needed to help patrons find what they have forgotten.
WHERE: Desert Hearts | 2019 Lightning in a Bottle | 2019
ROLE: Performer, Talent coordination, Creative Director, Builder
Press:
"..The creative depths that this team experimented with were so far from reality. You could honestly get lost in the fort for hours, possibly finding something you were searching for all along" -The Drop
"Instead of bouncers, there are two jesters, who demand their choice form of payment: performance" - MixMag
The Forgotten Fair
The Forgotten Fair is a 20x60 market place where the only currency accepted is emotional currency. Curated for City Hearts, Desert Hearts LA based music festival, the center geodesic dome housed main stage theatrical performances while four outside activations featured experiences that awakened the 5 senses.
Activations included: "Lola's Apothecary", a tasting/smelling booth for elixirs named after childhood memories; the "Coloring Book", a white walled room to express yourself through art; "Paid Time Off", a dreamlike campfire for heart opening workshops; and "Remember How to Fly", a flight simulation for those who had forgotten.
WHEN: City Hearts | 2019
ROLE: Performer, Talent coordination, Creative Direction
