Stephen Eckert

Stephen Eckert

What Is Immersive Theater?

Immersive theater is a performance form emphasizing the importance of space and design; curating tangible, sensual environments; and focusing on personal, individual audience experience.2 The form has emerged over the past two decades as a major movement in performance and finds itself
November 9, 2021

Immersive Theater: In Conversation With Shasta Geaux Pop

In Conversation with Shasta Geaux Pop Interviewed by Terrence I. Mosley The Contemporary Performance Think Tank is organized by Contemporary Performance Network. Each year the Think Tank focuses on a set of topics concerning the fields of Theater and Contemporary Performance and
December 9, 2017

In Performance – Britt Hatzius, Blind Cinema (COIL 2017)

Britt Hatzius Blind Cinema January 9-12, 5:30pm COIL SVA Theatre 333 West 23rd Street, New York “It’s white. Nothing is happening… Still nothing is happening…” a high, breathy voice begins to whisper through frequent  “ums” and pauses into a black funnel pressed against my
January 10, 2017

In Performance – Kate McIntosh, Worktable (COIL 2017)

Kate McIntosh Worktable January 5-7, 12-8pm January 8, 11-7pm January 9, 12-8pm COIL 2017 The Invisible Dog Art Center 51 Bergen Street, Brooklyn Destruction and renewal are the central themes of Kate MctIntosh’s remarkable installation, Worktable, however the piece also inspires
January 8, 2017

In Performance: Steve of Tomorrow (SFX)

Steve of Tomorrow / David Commander/ Rob Ramirez FRI JAN 15, 8PM SAT JAN 16, 11PM & 8PM University Settlement 184 Eldridge Street Through a combination of multimedia, puppetry, and toy theatre deliberately walking the line between high tech and low class,
January 17, 2016

In Performance: The Holler Sessions (COIL)

The Holler Sessions / Frank Boyd If there is one theme that particularly emerges from Frank Boyd’s 80 minute solo performance, The Holler Sessions, it is listening. Not only hearing the curated selection of classic Jazz Boyd’s Kansas City DJ broadcasts, nor
January 17, 2016

In Performance: The Inscription Project (SFX)

The Inscription Project / Renegade Performance Group The late artist and theoretician, Rammellzee (alternatively RAMM:ΣLL:ZΣΣ,) identified in his philosophy of Gothic Futurism the power of language and the alphabet itself as both a tool of oppression and liberation for marginalized communities. Through his
January 17, 2016

In Performance: o’death (COIL)

o’ death / Findlay//Sandsmark + Pettersen A performance of seemingly opposing concepts and representations: natural and synthetic, cold and warmth, intimacy and distance o’ death is a challenge to the concept of mortality and an exploration of anxiety amidst mechanized rustling tree
January 14, 2016

In Performance: #ItGetsBitter (Under the Radar)

#ItGetsBitter /DARKMATTER Imperialism, gut flora, white supremacy, leftist nursery rhymes, the gentrification of “the” LGBT movement, and Harry Potter’s supposed Patil twins are all subjects of poetic expression and biting political satire for queer duo, DARKMATTER in their evening #ItGetsBitter.  South Asian
January 14, 2016