The New Performance Series is a co-production effort for companies and individual artists who are mounting a full production. The residency productions (usually world premieres) form the centerpiece of the Incubator Arts Project’s programming, and each season offers a varied collection of live art. The program is curated by Travis Just, Samara Naeymi, Daniel Nelson, Brendan Regimbal and Shannon Sindelar.
Please note that the call for applications happens on the Incubator website each fall. Applications are currently available via the home page and close September 1. Programming is currently established through June 2013. The New Performance series does not offer development space but does include support from the Incubator staff for various aspects of production.
exploding moment's //
hot dust
Part séance, part sermon, HOT DUST is a sympathetic and visceral examination of two strains of American religious fervor, both distinguished by charismatic female leaders: 19th Century Spiritualism and the Pentecostalism of the 1920s.
tele-violet's //
lady han
directed by katherine brooke
Lady Han is a post-Christmas-nearly-Valentine’s-Day, distinctly American take on a classical Noh drama about a prostitute going mad with loneliness
animals' //
backstage at horror drag
Developed through the Incubator's 2012 Short Form program, Animals returns with a fully realized production of their hit Backstage at Horror Drag.
pioneers go east's //
7am: di mattina
7AM: Di Mattina - based on Francis of Assisi’s allegories and hallucinations – is a performance & visual installation with original arias in early Italian idioms juxtaposed with an electro-acoustic soundscape, coupled with live video evoking isolated figures in urban setting and contrasted with projected art inspired by natural landscapes..
vampire cowboys //
geek
The Vampire Cowboys return to the Incubator with an all new work from playwright Crystal Skillman. With pissed-off Pikachus, steam punk armies,
stood-up Sailor Moons and roller-blading monsters
on the prowl, it's easy to get lost in the Inferno-esque
anime convention where the fans, the otakus,
and the geeks prowl. But to score a rare signature
from their comic book idol, teenage outcasts
Dayna and Honey will take on obsessive magic players,
Jedis and elfs, cosplayers and convention guards -
through all nine flights of Ohio's Dante's Fire-Con -
to get a chance to shake hands with their pop-culture hero
hybrid stage project //
the red book
Hybrid Stage Project returns to the Incubator Arts Project with their next exploration in duality as they take on Jung’s Redbook.
andrew scoville and Dave Tennent //
love machine
Continuing a long collaboration between theater and technology, the Love Machine team uses interactive, commercially available technologies, combined with improvisation and character-based writing techniques, to create a live experience blasting forward into the future and asking the questions of tomorrow.
may days //
a new music festival
May Days is the Spring installment of the boundary pushing MUSIC series at the Incubator Arts Project. Artist lineup TBA.
video archive
Our archives have just started growing! Check out our vimeo page for clips and full length video from past productions!
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