Since 2016, I have been a member of a collective of theatre artists under the direction of TANNIS KOWALCHUK (COURAGE), first as NACL Streets (North American Cultural Laboratory), then reorganized as FARM ARTS COLLECTIVE in 2019. A group of multi-disciplinary artists, we devise and perform short and full-length theatre pieces addressing conservation, equality and the human condition.
SHOWS, FESTIVALS, SHORT PERFORMANCES AND PRODUCTIONS include: TREES (photo, left, by Sue Currier), EL VIENTO, CHARLES DICKENS COME & GONE, Deep Water Literary Festival 2018 & 2019, Festival of Wood, Riverfest, ArtWalk Festivals in the Catskills and International Human Rights Art Festival in NYC.
SHAKESPEARE ON THE FARM, 2019
DREAM ON THE FARM 2020
DREAM ON THE FARM The Scientists 2021
Tavern at the Edge of the World 2022
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE Premiere 2023
COMFERENCE FOR THOSE STILL LIVING 2024
SHOWS, FESTIVALS, SHORT PERFORMANCES AND PRODUCTIONS include: TREES (photo, left, by Sue Currier), EL VIENTO, CHARLES DICKENS COME & GONE, Deep Water Literary Festival 2018 & 2019, Festival of Wood, Riverfest, ArtWalk Festivals in the Catskills and International Human Rights Art Festival in NYC.
SHAKESPEARE ON THE FARM, 2019
DREAM ON THE FARM 2020
DREAM ON THE FARM The Scientists 2021
Tavern at the Edge of the World 2022
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE Premiere 2023
COMFERENCE FOR THOSE STILL LIVING 2024
As seen in AMNY, 2022
At International Human Rights Art Festival 2021. From Left: Tannis Kowalchuk, Gregg Erickson, Ginny Hack, Michael Chojnicki, Melissa Bell, Rima Fand, Adrienne Jensen, Annie Hat, Jess Beveridge, Bobby Skotch. Photo by Steven Pisano.
FARM ARTS COLLECTIVE Retrospective performed live to video at ARTWALK, 2024, in Callicoon CLICK TO VIEW
EL VIENTO at Hurleyville Arts Center. Photo by Jonathan Charles Fox. Produced by NACL.
Dickens on the Delaware Festival, 2018. Photo by Jonathan Charles Fox.
Chorus from COURAGE: Ginny Hack, Tracy Broyles, Laylage Courie, Keith McHenry, Annie Hat, Jessica Barkl-Lopez, Nancy Peterman, Melissa Bell, Rima Fand. Produced by NACL Theatre.
Rehearsal for COURAGE, produced by NACL Theatre. 2016
Yurika Sase in Shakespeare on the Farm by Farm Arts Collective, 2019. Photo by Irene Salloway.
The best part of rehearsal: hanging out at the bar at the Western Supper Club in Callicoon, NY. From Left: Ace Thomas, Sue Currier, Jess Beveridge, Raina Bowers, Erica, Annie Hat, Melissa Bell, Mark Dunau, Leo Schmidt, Tannis Kowalchuk, John Roth.
At the Human Rights Arts Festival, NYC 2019. El Viento produced by Farm Arts Collective. Our final gig of 2019. Clockwise: Raina Bowers, John Roth, Jess Beveridge, Gregg Erickson, Bobby Skotch, cast party at Two Boots Pizza, Doug Rogers, Michael Chojnicki, Corrina Grunn. Melissa Bell, center.
